The Advocate-General of Madras was charged with advising the: Government of theββBritish administered Madras Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1652ββto 1950. Priorββto 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-Generalβ»
Madras Presidencyβ»
- Alexander Anstruther 1803β?1812
- Sir Samuel Toller 1812β1821
- Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton 1822β1828
- George Norton 1828β>1839
- W. Bathie 1833β1834 (acting)
- Thomas Sydney Smith 1861β1863
- John Bruce Norton 1863β1868
- John Dawson Mayne 1868β1872 (acting)
- Henry Stewart Cunningham 1872β1877
- Patrick O'Sullivan 1877β1882
- Hale Horatio Shephard 1885β1887
- James Spring Branson 1887β1897
- V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1897β1898 (acting)
- Charles Arnold White 1898β1899 (afterwards Chief Justice of Madras, 1899)
- V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1899β1900 (acting)
- John Edward Power Wallis 1900β1906 (later Chief Justice of Madras, 1914)
- C. Sankaran Nair 1906-1907
- P. S. Sivaswami Iyer 1907β1912
- S. Srinivasa Iyengar 1912β1920
- C. P. Ramaswami Iyer 1920β1923
- C. Madhavan Nair 1923-1924
- T. R. Venkatarama Sastri 1924β1928
- Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer 1929β1944
- P. V. Rajamannar 1944β1945 (later Chief Justice of Madras, 1948)
- K. Rajah Iyer 1945β1950
Madras Stateβ»
- V. K. Thiruvenkatachari 1950 - 1964
- N. Krishnaswami Reddy 1964 - 1966
- Mohan Kumaramangalam 1966 - 1967
Tamil Naduβ»
- 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
Referencesβ»
- ^ 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.