Commissioners 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.
Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
- 1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Thomas Francis Kennedy
- 1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Hon. James Howard
- 1882 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Sir Henry Loch
- 1884 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & George Culley
- 1885 Robert Kingscote & George Culley
- 1893 Robert Kingscote & Stafford Howard
- 1895 John Francis Fortescue Horner & Stafford Howard
- 1908 George Leveson-Gower & Stafford Howard
- 1912 Sir Stafford Howard retired and his duties were shared between the President of the Board of Agriculture and G Leveson Gower until 1924.
References
- R.B. Pugh: The Crown Estate – an Historical Essay, London, The Crown Estate, 1960
- Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811
- The Crown Estate publication scheme: website consulted January 2007
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- Lists of British people
- Land management in the United Kingdom
- Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
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