Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Judiciary of the United Kingdom

Lord Chief Justice of England
Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1563; d. November 7 1642.

1616 – 1621

Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1690; d. March 6 1764.

1733 – 1737

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

1756 – 1788

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1779; d. September 26 1854.

1832 – 1850

Richard Everard Webster, 1st Baron Alverstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

1900 – 1913

Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1940 – 1946


Lord Justice General
David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.

1778 – 1795

James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1755; d. December 30 1836.

1795 – 1836

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.

1867 – 1891


Justice of the King’s Bench
Sir William Blackstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1723; d. February 14 1780.

1770

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1750; d. December 13 1818.

1802 – 1818

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1850 – 1859


Justice of the Common Pleas
Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1714; d. April 18 1794.

1762 – 1766

Sir William Blackstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1723; d. February 14 1780.

1770 – 1778

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.

1780 – 1793

John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1751; d. January 13 1838.

1799 – 1801

Sir James Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1734; d. November 23 1821.

1804 – 1814

Sir Vicary Gibbs

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1751; d. February 8 1820.

1814 – 1818

Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1776; d. July 6 1846.

1829 – 1846

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

1846 – 1850


Attorney General for England and Wales
Sir Philip Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1690; d. March 6 1764.

1724 – 1733

William Murray

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

1754 – 1756

Sir Robert Henley

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1708; d. January 14 1772.

1756 – 1757

Charles Pratt

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1714; d. April 18 1794.

1757 – 1762

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

1762 – 1763

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

1765 – 1766

Edward Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

1771 – 1778

Alexander Wedderburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.

1778 – 1780

John Scott

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1751; d. January 13 1838.

1793 – 1799

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

1799 – 1801

Sir Edward Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1750; d. December 13 1818.

1801 – 1802

Spencer Perceval

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1762; d. May 11 1812.

1802 – 1806

Sir Arthur Leary Piggott

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1749; d. September 6 1819.

1806 – 1807

Sir Vicary Gibbs

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1751; d. February 8 1820.

1807 – 1812

Sir John Copley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

1824 – 1826

Sir James Scarlett

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1769; d. April 17 1844.

1827 – 1828

Sir James Scarlett

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1769; d. April 17 1844.

1829 – 1830

Thomas Denman

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1779; d. September 26 1854.

1830 – 1832

Sir John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1834

Sir John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1835 – 1841

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

1841

Frederic Thesiger

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

1845 – 1846

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

1846

Frederic Thesiger

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

1852

Sir Richard Bethell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1800; d. July 20 1873.

1856 – 1858

Sir Richard Bethell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1800; d. July 20 1873.

1859 – 1861

Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1819; d. April 2 1885.

1866

Sir Richard Everard Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

1885 – 1886

Sir Richard Everard Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

1886 – 1892

Sir Richard Everard Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

1895 – 1900

Sir Edward Henry Carson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1854; d. October 22 1935.

1915

Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1928 – 1929

Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1932 – 1936

Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1941; d. September 20 2003.

1999 – 2001

Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

2021

Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

2022


Lord Advocate
Henry Dundas

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.

1775 – 1783

Henry Erskine

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1746; d. October 8 1817.

1783

Henry Erskine

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1746; d. October 8 1817.

1806 – 1807

Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1791; d. December 13 1854.

1839 – 1841

Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1791; d. December 13 1854.

1846 – 1851

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.

1852

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.

1858

James Robert “Jim” Wallace

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1954; d. January 29 2026.

2010 – 2015


Attorney General for Ireland
Edward Gibson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1837; d. May 22 1913.

1877 – 1880


Solicitor General for England and Wales
Heneage Finch

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.

1679 – 1686

Sir Philip Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1690; d. March 6 1764.

1720 – 1724

William Murray

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

1742 – 1754

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

1756 – 1762

Edward Willes

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1723; d. January 14 1787.

1766 – 1768

John Dunning

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1731; d. August 18 1783.

1768 – 1770

Edward Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

1770 – 1771

Alexander Wedderburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.

1771 – 1778

James Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1734; d. November 23 1821.

1780 – 1782

James Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1734; d. November 23 1821.

1783

John Scott

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1751; d. January 13 1838.

1788 – 1793

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

1793 – 1799

Sir William Grant

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1752; d. May 23 1832.

1799 – 1801

Spencer Perceval

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1762; d. May 11 1812.

1801 – 1802

Thomas Manners-Sutton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1756; d. May 31 1842.

1802 – 1805

Sir Vicary Gibbs

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1751; d. February 8 1820.

1805 – 1806

Sir Samuel Romilly

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1757; d. November 2 1818.

1806 – 1807

Sir John Copley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

1819 – 1824

Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1776; d. July 6 1846.

1826 – 1829

Sir John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1832 – 1834

Robert Monsey Rolfe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1790; d. July 26 1868.

1834

Robert Monsey Rolfe

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1790; d. July 26 1868.

1835 – 1839

Sir Thomas Wilde

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

1839 – 1841

Frederic Thesiger

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

1844 – 1845

Sir Richard Bethell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1800; d. July 20 1873.

1852 – 1856

Sir Hugh McCalmont Cairns

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1819; d. April 2 1885.

1858 – 1859

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.

1873 – 1874

Sir Hardinge Stanley Gifford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1823; d. December 11 1921.

1875 – 1880

Sir John Eldon Gorst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.

1885 – 1886

Sir Edward George Clarke

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1841; d. April 26 1931.

1886 – 1892

Sir Edward Henry Carson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1854; d. October 22 1935.

1900 – 1905

Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1922 – 1924

Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1924 – 1928

Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947

Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).

1931

Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

2019 – 2021

Michael Tyrone Ellis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.

2021

Sarah Rebecca Sackman

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1984.

2024


Solicitor General for Scotland
Henry Dundas

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.

1766 – 1775

Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1779; d. April 26 1854.

1830 – 1834

Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1791; d. December 13 1854.

1837 – 1839

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.

1852

Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1803; d. 1870.

1855 – 1858

Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1803; d. 1870.

1859 – 1862

Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1875; d. April 21 1935.

1923 – 1924


Solicitor General for Ireland
David Robert Plunket

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1838; d. August 22 1919.

1875 – 1877

Sir Edward Henry Carson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1854; d. October 22 1935.

1892


Master of the Rolls
Sir Richard Everard Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1842; d. December 15 1915.

1900


Justice in Eyre North of the Trent
George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1592; d. August 23 1628.

1616 – 1619

John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1662; d. July 15 1711.

1711

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1665; d. March 5 1726.

1714 – 1717

Charles Wolfran Cornwall

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1735; d. January 2 1789.

1780 – 1789


Justice in Eyre South of the Trent
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1484; d. August 22 1545

Noble titles: Duke of Suffolk in the Peerage of England (1514 – 1545)

1534 – 1545

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1592; d. August 23 1628.

1625 – 1628

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1716; d. June 8 1771.

1746 – 1748

Charles Cornwallis, Earl Cornwallis

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1738; d. October 5 1805.

1767 – 1769

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.

1789 – 1800

Thomas Grenville

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.

1800 – 1846