Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
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The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were officials under the United Kingdom
Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. Their office were customarily known as the Office of Woods. Under the Act of Parliament 14 and 15 Vict Cap 42 they took over from the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings
those functions which related to the revenue-earning parts of the Crown lands. In 1924 the Royal Forests including the New Forest
and Forest of Dean
were transferred from the Office of Woods to the new Forestry Commission
, and the title of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues was changed to Commissioners of Crown Lands.
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Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. Their office were customarily known as the Office of Woods. Under the Act of Parliament 14 and 15 Vict Cap 42 they took over from the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
The Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission...
those functions which related to the revenue-earning parts of the Crown lands. In 1924 the Royal Forests including the New Forest
New Forest
The New Forest is an area of southern England which includes the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily-populated south east of England. It covers south-west Hampshire and extends into south-east Wiltshire....
and Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. The forest is a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.The...
were transferred from the Office of Woods to the new Forestry Commission
Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. Its mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment....
, and the title of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues was changed to Commissioners of Crown Lands.
Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
- 1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Thomas Francis KennedyThomas Francis KennedyThomas Francis Kennedy , Scottish politician, was born near Ayr in 1788. He studied for the bar and became advocate in 1811. Having been elected Member of Parliament for the Ayr Burghs in 1818, he devoted the greater part of his life to the promotion of liberal reforms.In 1820 he married the only...
- 1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Hon. James HowardJames Howard (Whig politician)The Honourable James Kenneth Howard , was a British Whig politician.A member of the Howard family, he was the fourth son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, by the Honourable Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Dutton, 1st Baron Sherborne...
- 1882 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Sir Henry LochHenry Loch, 1st Baron LochHenry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch GCB, GCMG was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator.-Military service:He was the son of James Loch, Member of Parliament, of Drylaw, Midlothian...
- 1884 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & George Culley
- 1885 Robert KingscoteRobert KingscoteColonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote GCVO, KCB, JP , was a British soldier, Liberal politician, courtier and agriculturalist.-Biography:...
& George Culley - 1893 Robert KingscoteRobert KingscoteColonel Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote GCVO, KCB, JP , was a British soldier, Liberal politician, courtier and agriculturalist.-Biography:...
& Stafford HowardStafford HowardSir Edward Stafford Howard KCB, DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician and magistrate.-Background and education:... - 1895 John Francis Fortescue Horner & Stafford HowardStafford HowardSir Edward Stafford Howard KCB, DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician and magistrate.-Background and education:...
- 1908 George Leveson-GowerGeorge Leveson-GowerSir George Granville Leveson-Gower KCB , was a British civil servant and Liberal politician. He held political office as Comptroller of the Household between 1892 and 1895 and later served as a Commissioner of Woods and Forests from 1908 to 1924...
& Stafford HowardStafford HowardSir Edward Stafford Howard KCB, DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician and magistrate.-Background and education:... - 1912 Sir Stafford Howard retired and his duties were shared between the President of the Board of Agriculture and G Leveson Gower until 1924.