Recorder of Nottingham
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The Recorder of Nottingham is the highest appointed legal officer of the Crown within the Nottingham
City and Nottinghamshire
County areas.
The current appointed Recorder of Nottingham is His Honour Judge
Michael Stokes QC. His Lordship was appointed to the position in 2007.
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
City and Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
County areas.
The current appointed Recorder of Nottingham is His Honour Judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
Michael Stokes QC. His Lordship was appointed to the position in 2007.
List of Recorders of Nottingham
- Sir Thomas Babington 1492 - 1519
- Radus Barton
- Richard Parkyns
- Henry PierrepontHenry PierrepontSir Henry Pierrepont was an English MP who resided at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.-Family:He was the son of Sir George Pierrepont and succeded him in 1564. His mother remarried Sir Gervase Clifton....
appointed 1603 - Wills Fletcher
- John Holles, 2nd Earl of ClareJohn Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare-Family:He was born in Haughton, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Anne Stanhope, and the brother of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles....
appointed 1642 - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of DorchesterHenry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of DorchesterHenry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS was an English peer, the son of the Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull.-Career:...
1666 - (d. 1680) - Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1688 -
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of DevonshireWilliam Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire KG PC was a soldier and Whig statesman, the son of William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire and Lady Elizabeth Cecil.-Life:...
1690 - (d. 1707) - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-HullEvelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-HullEvelyn Pierrepont, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull had been member of parliament for East Retford before his accession to the peerage in 1690. While serving as one of the commissioners for the union with Scotland he was created Marquess of Dorchester in 1706, and took a leading part in...
- 1726 - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-TyneThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, KG, PC was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.A protégé of Sir Robert Walpole, he served...
1726 - - Edward Bigland
- William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of PortlandWilliam Bentinck, 2nd Duke of PortlandWilliam Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland KG , styled Viscount Woodstock from 1709 to 1715 and Marquess of Titchfield from 1715 to 1726, was a British peer....
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-HullEvelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-HullGeneral Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, KG was the only son of William Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston and his wife Rachel Bayntun ....
1769 - - Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-LyneHenry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lynethumb|right|"The Return From Shooting" by [[Francis Wheatley |Sir Francis Wheatley]] depicting The Duke of Newcastle, his friend Colonel Litchfield and the Duke's gamekeeper, Mansell along with four Clumber Spaniels....
1773-1794 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of PortlandWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of PortlandWilliam Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...
1794–1809 - Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Lord HollandHenry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron HollandHenry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland PC was an English politician and a major figure in Whig politics in the early 19th century...
(died 1840) - Richard Wildman 1837 - 1881
- Edward Chandos LeighEdward Chandos LeighSir Edward Chandos Leigh, KCB, KC, was born in Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire on 22 December 1832, died in London on 18 May 1915.Edward Chandos Leigh’s cricketing career and first class stats might be considered average but he was a popular choice as President of the MCC in its first centenary year...
1881 - 1909 - Judge Henry Yorke Stanger 1909 - 1911
- Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins 1911 - 1920
- Hugo J. Young 1920 - 1927
- Henry Holmes Joy 1927 - 1934
- John Frederick EalesJohn Frederick EalesJohn Frederick Eales was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1936.-Early life and legal career:...
1934 - 1936 - Sir Albion RichardsonAlbion RichardsonSir Albion Henry Herbert Richardson was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.The son of James Henry Richardson of Hendon, he was privately educated in France and Germany....
1936 - 1950 - Christopher Nyholm ShawcrossChristopher Nyholm ShawcrossChristopher Nyholm Shawcross, KC was a British lawyer and Labour politician.He was the younger son of John Shawcross and Hilda Constance Asser...
1950 - 1961 - Anthony Leonard Cripps 1961 - 1971
- Arthur Ellis 1974 -1991
- Judge Michael Stokes QC 2007 -