Advocate-General of Bombay


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
  • Hugh George Macklin 1810-1820
  • Ollyett Woodhouse 1820–1822
  • George Norton 1827–1828
  • Richard Orlando Bridgeman 1828
  • James Dewar 1828–
  • Augustus Smith LeMesurier 1833–1856
  • Sir Michael Roberts Westropp 1856–1857
;British Raj