The Advocate-General of Madras was charged with advising the Government of the British-administered Madras Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1652 to 1950. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the East India Company, the Advocate-General was the senior law officer of that company and also the Attorney-General of the Sovereign of Great Britain and an ex-officio member of the Madras Legislative Council.
List of Advocates-General[edit | edit source]
Madras Presidency[edit | edit source]
- Alexander Anstruther 1803–?1812
- Sir Samuel Toller 1812–1821
- Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton 1822–1828 [1]
- George Norton 1828–1839 [2]
- W. Bathie 1833–1834 (acting)
- Thomas Sydney Smith 1861–1863
- John Bruce Norton 1863–1868 [3]
- John Dawson Mayne 1868–1872 (acting)
- Henry Stewart Cunningham 1872–1877
- Patrick O'Sullivan 1877–1882
- Hale Horatio Shephard 1885–1887
- James Spring Branson 1887–1897
- V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1897–1898 (acting)
- Charles Arnold White 1898–1899 (afterwards Chief Justice of Madras, 1899)
- V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1899–1900 (acting)
- John Edward Power Wallis 1900–1906 (later Chief Justice of Madras, 1914)
- C. Sankaran Nair 1906–1907
- P. S. Sivaswami Iyer 1907–1912
- S. Srinivasa Iyengar 1912–1920
- C. P. Ramaswami Iyer 1920–1923
- C. Madhavan Nair 1923–1924
- T. R. Venkatarama Sastri 1924–1928
- Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer 1929–1944
- P. V. Rajamannar 1944–1945 (later Chief Justice of Madras, 1948)
- K. Rajah Iyer 1945–1950
- K.Kuttikrishna Menon 1950-1951 [4]
Madras State[edit | edit source]
- V. K. Thiruvenkatachari 1951–1964
- N. Krishnaswami Reddy 1964–1966
- Mohan Kumaramangalam 1966–1967
- P.L.Narayanan viluthugal1000-10000
Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]
- Govind Swaminadhan 1967–1976
- K. Parasaran 1976–1977
- V. P. Raman 1977–1979
- R. Krishnamoorthy 1980–1989
- K. Subramaniam 1991–1994
- R. Krishnamoorthy 1994–1996
- K.V.Venkatapathi 1996–2001
- N. R. Chandran 2001–2006
- R. Viduthalai 2006–2007
- G. Masilamani 2007–2009
- P. S. Raman 2009–2011
- A. Navaneethakrishnan 2011–2013
- A. L. Somayaji 2013–2016
- R. Muthukumarasamy 2016–2017
- Vijay Narayan 2017–2021
- R. Shunmugasundaram 2021–2023
- P.S.Raman2024-
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Asiatic Journal, Volume 14. p. 92.
- ↑ The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume. p. 62.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous papers of John Bruce Norton, (1815-83), barrister, Advocate General of Madras". National Archives. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/indiandailymail19500726-1.2.41