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Solicitor General for England and Wales
Royal Arms ofHis Majesty's Government
Incumbent Lucy Rigby since 2 December 2024
Attorney General's Office
Style	Solicitor
Reports to	Attorney General for England and Wales
Appointer	TheMonarch on the advice of thePrime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's Pleasure
Formation	Before 1460
Salary	£142,106 per annum(2022)^[1] (including £84,144MP salary)^[2]
Website	www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as theSolicitor General, is one of thelaw officers of the Crown in thegovernment of the United Kingdom. They are the deputy of theAttorney General, whose duty is to advise theCrown andCabinet on the law. They exercise the powers of the Attorney General which are delegated to them under section 1 of theLaw Officers Act 1997. Despite the title, the position is usually held by abarrister as opposed to asolicitor.

There is also aSolicitor General for Scotland, who is the deputy of theLord Advocate.^[3] As well as the Sovereign's Solicitor General, thePrince of Wales and aQueen consort (when the Sovereign is male) are also entitled to have an Attorney and Solicitor General, though the present Prince of Wales has only an Attorney General and no Solicitor General.

The Solicitor General is addressed in court as "Mr Solicitor" or "Ms Solicitor". The Solicitor General is shadowed by theShadow Solicitor General who sits on theOfficial Opposition frontbench.

The current holder of the position,Lucy Rigby, was appointed by Prime MinisterKeir Starmer.

Solicitors-General of England (and Wales), 1461–present

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15th century

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incomplete

Richard Fowler 1461–1470
Richard Page 1470-1483
Thomas Lynon 1483–1485
Andrew Dimmock 1485–1503

	Term of office		Political party
SirEdward Carson	7 May 1900	4 December 1905	Irish Unionist Alliance	3rd Marquess of Salisbury
SirEdward Carson	7 May 1900	4 December 1905	Irish Unionist Alliance	Arthur Balfour
SirWilliam Robson	12 December 1905	28 January 1908	Liberal	SirHenry Campbell-Bannerman
SirSamuel Evans	28 January 1908	6 March 1910		SirHenry Campbell-Bannerman
SirSamuel Evans	28 January 1908	6 March 1910		H. H. Asquith
SirRufus Isaacs	6 March 1910	7 October 1910
SirJohn Simon	7 October 1910	19 October 1913
SirStanley Buckmaster	19 October 1913	8 November 1915
SirF. E. Smith	2 June 1915	8 November 1915	Conservative
SirGeorge Cave	8 November 1915	10 December 1915	Conservative
SirGordon Hewart	10 December 1915	10 January 1919	Liberal	David Lloyd George
SirErnest Pollock	10 January 1919	6 March 1922	Conservative
SirLeslie Scott	6 March 1922	19 October 1922
SirThomas Inskip	31 October 1922	22 January 1924		Bonar Law
SirThomas Inskip	31 October 1922	22 January 1924		Stanley Baldwin
SirHenry Slesser	23 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
SirThomas Inskip	11 November 1924	28 March 1928	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
SirBoyd Merriman	28 March 1928	5 June 1929	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
SirJames B. Melville	7 June 1929	22 October 1930	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
SirStafford Cripps	22 October 1930	24 August 1931	Labour
SirThomas Inskip	3 September 1931	26 January 1932	Conservative
SirBoyd Merriman	26 January 1932	29 September 1933
SirDonald Somervell	29 September 1933	19 March 1936
SirDonald Somervell	29 September 1933	19 March 1936		Stanley Baldwin
SirTerence O'Connor	19 March 1936	7 May 1940		Stanley Baldwin
SirTerence O'Connor	19 March 1936	7 May 1940		Neville Chamberlain
SirWilliam Jowitt	15 May 1940	4 March 1942	Labour	SirWinston Churchill
SirDavid Maxwell Fyfe	4 March 1942	25 May 1945	Conservative
SirWalter Monckton	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	Conservative
SirFrank Soskice	4 August 1945	24 April 1951	Labour	Clement Attlee
SirLynn Ungoed-Thomas	24 April 1951	26 October 1951	Labour	Clement Attlee
SirReginald Manningham-Buller	3 November 1951	8 October 1954	Conservative	SirWinston Churchill
SirHarry Hylton-Foster	18 October 1954	22 October 1959		SirWinston Churchill
				SirWinston Churchill SirAnthony Eden Harold Macmillan
				Harold Macmillan
SirJocelyn Simon	22 October 1959	8 February 1962
SirJohn Hobson	8 February 1962	19 July 1962
SirPeter Rawlinson	19 July 1962	16 October 1964		Harold Macmillan SirAlec Douglas-Home
SirDingle Foot	18 October 1964	24 August 1967	Labour	Harold Wilson
SirArthur Irvine	24 August 1967	19 June 1970	Labour	Harold Wilson
SirGeoffrey Howe	23 June 1970	5 November 1972	Conservative	Edward Heath
SirMichael Havers	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Edward Heath
Peter Archer	7 March 1974	4 May 1979	Labour	Harold Wilson James Callaghan
SirIan Percival	5 May 1979	13 June 1983	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
SirPatrick Mayhew	13 June 1983	13 June 1987		Margaret Thatcher
SirNicholas Lyell	13 June 1987	15 April 1992		Margaret Thatcher John Major
SirDerek Spencer	15 April 1992	2 May 1997		John Major
Lord Falconer of Thoroton	6 May 1997	28 July 1998	Labour	Tony Blair
SirRoss Cranston	28 July 1998	11 June 2001	Labour	Tony Blair

2001–present

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Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative Labour

	Term of office		Political party
Harriet Harman^[4]	11 June 2001	10 May 2005	Labour	Tony Blair
Mike O'Brien^[5]	11 May 2005	29 June 2007		Tony Blair
DameVera Baird^[6]	29 June 2007	11 May 2010		Gordon Brown
SirEdward Garnier^[7]	13 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	David Cameron
SirOliver Heald^[8]	4 September 2012	15 July 2014
SirRobert Buckland^[9]	15 July 2014	9 May 2019
SirRobert Buckland^[9]	15 July 2014	9 May 2019		David Cameron Theresa May
Lucy Frazer^[10]	9 May 2019	25 July 2019		Theresa May
SirMichael Ellis	25 July 2019	2 March 2021		Boris Johnson
Lucy Frazer	2 March 2021	10 September 2021
SirMichael Ellis	10 September 2021	16 September 2021
Alex Chalk	16 September 2021	5 July 2022
Edward Timpson	7 July 2022	7 September 2022
Michael Tomlinson	7 September 2022	7 December 2023		Liz Truss
Michael Tomlinson	7 September 2022	7 December 2023		Rishi Sunak
Robert Courts	7 December 2023	5 July 2024		Rishi Sunak
Sarah Sackman	9 July 2024	2 December 2024	Labour	Keir Starmer
Lucy Rigby	2 December 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Keir Starmer

References

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^"Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23"(PDF). 15 December 2022.
^"Pay and expenses for MPs".parliament.uk. Retrieved15 December 2022.
^"Solicitor General - gov.scot".www.gov.scot. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP".UK Parliament. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"Rt Hon Mike O'Brien".UK Parliament. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"PCC appointed as victims' commissioner". 13 May 2019. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"Sir Edward Garnier QC – GOV.UK".www.gov.uk. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"About Sir Oliver".Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald QC MP. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^Bet, Martina (14 June 2019)."How John Bercow's 'Brexit betrayal is absurd contradiction of democracy' – David Starkey".Express.co.uk. Retrieved11 July 2019.
^"New Solicitor General appointed".GOV.UK. Retrieved11 July 2019.

Judiciary of England and Wales

Courts

Current	Court of equity Supreme Court Privy Council Court of Appeal High Court Court of Protection Crown Court High Court of Chivalry Magistrates' Court
Former	Court of Appeal in Chancery Assize Court Court for Crown Cases Reserved Court of Common Pleas Court of Chancery Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Court of Exchequer Court of Great Sessions in Wales Court of High Commission Court of King's Bench Court of Probate Star Chamber

Justices

Current	Lord Chief Justice Master of the Rolls Supreme Court Justice Court of Appeal judge High Court judge Circuit judge Recorder of London Recorder of Liverpool Recorder of Manchester Common Serjeant of London
Former	Lord Chancellor Lords of Appeal in Ordinary Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Chief Baron of the Exchequer Justice of the King's Bench Justice of the Common Pleas Justice of Chester