Advocate-General of Bombay explained

The Advocate-General of Bombay was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Bombay Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1668 to 1947. Prior to 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. He was an ex-officio member of the Legislative Council.

List of Advocates-General of Bombay

East India Company

• Ollyett Woodhouse 1820–1822 ^[1]
• George Norton 1827–1828 (afterwards Advocate-General of Madras, 1828)
• Richard Orlando Bridgeman 1828 (died in office of cholera)^[2]
• James Dewar (acting) 1828–^[3]
• Augustus Smith LeMesurier 1833–1856 ^[4]
• Sir Michael Roberts Westropp 1856–1857 ^[5]

British Raj

• Arthur James Lewis 1857–1865 (died in office)^[6]
• Sir Michael Roberts Westropp 1861–1862^[7]
• Lyttleton Holyoake Bayley 17 Mar 1866–1869 ^[8]
• James Sewell White 1869–
• Sir Andrew Richard Scoble 1872–1877 ^[9]
• John Marriott 1877–1884 ^[10]
• Francis Law Latham 1884–1893
• Basil Lang 1893–1902 ^[11]
• Basil Scott 4 Feb 1902– ^[12]
• (Sir) Pherozeshah Mehta 1908–
• Thomas Joseph Strangman 1908–1915 ^[13]
• Malcolm Robert Jardine 1915–1916
• Thomas Joseph Strangman 1916–1922^[14]
• Sir Jamshedjee Kanga 1922–1935^[15]
  • Bhulabhai Desai Mar 1926 (acting)
• Sir Kenneth McIntyre Kemp 1935–^[16]
• Noshirwanji Engineer 1942–1945 ^[17] (afterwards Advocate-General of India, 1945)

See also

• History of Bombay under British rule

Notes and References

1. Book: Asiatic Journal, Volume 9. 1819.
2. Book: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India. 750.
3. Book: The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India. 750.
4. Annals of the Oriental Club, 1824-1858 - Page 97
5. Book: Dictionary of Indian Biography. 448.
6. Web site: The South Australian Register, 16th December 1865. Trove. 28 October 2015.
7. Book: Dictionary of Indian Biography. 448.
8. Web site: Page: Men-at-the-Bar.djvu/64. Fosters Hand List. 28 October 2015.
9. Book: The India List and India Office List . 608.
10. News: Edinburgh Gazette. 28 October 2015.
11. Web site: November 18, 1893 The Colonies and India from London. 10. Newspapers. 28 October 2015.
12. Book: The India List and India Office List. 93.
13. Book: Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. 63.
14. Book: Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 2. 63.
15. Book: Sharafi, Mitra. Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia: Parsi Legal Culture, 1772–1947. 111.
16. Web site: Legal appointments (1933). The National Archives. 28 October 2015.
17. Book: Sharafi, Mitra. Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia: Parsi Legal Culture, 1772–1947. 102.