- Recorder of Nottingham
The Recorder of Nottingham is the highest appointed legal officer of the Crown within the
Nottingham City andNottinghamshire County areas.The current appointed Recorder of Nottingham is His Honour
Judge 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 Pierrepont appointed 1603
*Wills Fletcher
*John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare appointed 1642
*Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
*William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire 1697 -
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1726 -
*Edward Bigland
*William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland until 1809
*Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Lord Holland (died 1840) [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1927/itinerary1927p4.htm An Itinerary of Nottingham] online at nottshistory.org.uk, accessed 4 July 2008]
*R. Wildman
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*Edward Chandos Leigh 1881 - 1909
*Judge Henry Yorke Stanger 1909 - 1911
*Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins 1911 - 1920
*Hugo J. Young 1920 - 1927
*Henry Holmes Joy 1927 -
*J F Eales ???? - 1936
*Sir Albion Richardson 1936 - 1950
*Christopher Nyholm Shawcross 1950 - 1961
*Anthony Leonard Cripps 1961 - 1971
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*Judge Michael Stokes QC 2007 -References
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