The Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom

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 in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases

Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases

The post of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks and Chases was an office under the English Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands...

 and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown

Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown

The post of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown was an office under the English Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands...

 into a three-man commission. The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. In 1851 under the Acts of Parliament 14 and 15 Vict Cap 42 it was replaced by the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings and the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues dividing between them the public and the commercial functions of the Crown lands.

The hereditary land revenues of the Crown in Scotland, formerly under the management of the Barons of the Exchequer

Court of Exchequer (Scotland)

The Court of Exchequer was formerly a distinct part of the court system in Scotland, with responsibility for administration of government revenue and judicial matters relating to customs and excise, revenue, stamp duty and probate...

, were transferred to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and their Successors under the Crown Lands (Scotland) Acts of 1832, 1833 and 1835.

Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 1810-1851

First Commissioners are followed by the names of their co-commissioners

Name	Entered office	Left office
The Lord Glenbervie Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC, KC, FRS, FSA was a British lawyer, politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.-Background, education and legal career:...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1810	1814
William Huskisson William Huskisson William Huskisson PC was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1814	1823
Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1823	1827
The Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Morpeth until 1825, was a British statesman...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1827	1827
William Sturges Bourne William Sturges Bourne William Sturges-Bourne PC , known as William Sturges until 1803, was a British Tory politician. He was briefly Home Secretary under George Canning in 1827.-Background and education:...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1827	1828
Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1828	1828
Viscount Lowther William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1828	1830
Hon. George Agar-Ellis George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover PC FRS FSA was a British politician and man of letters. He was briefly First Commissioner of Woods and Forests under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831.-Background and education:...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins	1830	1831
Viscount Duncannon John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician...   - William Dacres Adams - Henry Dawkins - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson (replaced Dawkins)	1831	1834
Sir John Hobhouse, Bt John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton GCB, PC, FRS , known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and memoirist.-Background and education:...   - William Dacres Adams - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson	1834	1834
Lord Granville Somerset Lord Granville Somerset Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...   - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson - Alexander Milne Alexander Milne (civil servant) Alexander Milne was a British civil servant who worked as a Commissioner of Woods and Forests for many years.Milne first became a commissioner on 14 August 1834 when William IV appointed him a "Commissioner of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, and Buildings"...   - Charles Henry Somerset	1834	1835
Viscount Duncannon John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician...   - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson - Alexander Milne	1835	1841
The Earl of Lincoln  - Alexander Milne - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore	1841	1846
The Viscount Canning Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning KG, GCB, PC , known as The Viscount Canning from 1837 to 1859, was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.-Background and education:...   - Alexander Milne - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore	1846	1846
Viscount Morpeth  - Alexander Milne - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore	1846	1850
Lord Seymour Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset Sir Edward Adolphus Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC , styled Baron Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century...   - Alexander Milne - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore - Thomas Francis Kennedy Thomas Francis Kennedy Thomas 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... (replaced Milne)	1850	1851