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The '''Advocate-General of Madras''' was charged with advising the Government of the British-administered [[Madras Presidency]] on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1652 to 1950. 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 and an ''ex-officio'' member of the Madras Legislative Council.<br />
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==List of Advocates-General==<br />
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=== Madras Presidency ===<br />
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*[[Alexander Anstruther (judge)|Alexander Anstruther]] 1803–?1812<br />
*Sir [[Samuel Toller]] 1812–1821<br />
*[[Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton]] 1822–1828 <ref>{{cite book|title= Asiatic Journal, Volume 14|page= 92}}</ref><br />
*George Norton 1828–1839 <ref>{{cite book|title=The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume |page= 62}}</ref><br />
*W. Bathie 1833–1834 (acting)<br />
*[[Thomas Sydney Smith]] 1861–1863<br />
*[[John Bruce Norton]] 1863–1868 <ref>{{cite web|url= http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/9be6116c-8af9-4246-81e4-ec6ff78006b8|title= Miscellaneous papers of John Bruce Norton, (1815-83), barrister, Advocate General of Madras|publisher= National Archives|accessdate= 30 October 2015}}</ref><br />
*[[John D. Mayne|John Dawson Mayne]] 1868–1872 (acting)<br />
*[[H. S. Cunningham|Henry Stewart Cunningham]] 1872–1877<br />
*[[Patrick O'Sullivan (lawyer)|Patrick O'Sullivan]] 1877–1882<br />
*[[Hale Horatio Shephard]] 1885–1887<br />
*[[James Spring Branson]] 1887–1897 <br />
*[[V. Bhashyam Aiyangar]] 1897–1898 (acting)<br />
*[[C. A. White|Charles Arnold White]] 1898–1899 (afterwards [[High Court of Madras|Chief Justice of Madras]], 1899)<br />
*V. Bhashyam Aiyangar 1899–1900 (acting)<br />
*[[J. E. P. Wallis|John Edward Power Wallis]] 1900–1906 (later [[High Court of Madras|Chief Justice of Madras]], 1914)<br />
*[[C. Sankaran Nair]] 1906–1907<br />
*[[P. S. Sivaswami Iyer]] 1907–1912<br />
*[[S. Srinivasa Iyengar]] 1912–1920<br />
*[[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]] 1920–1923<br />
*[[C. Madhavan Nair]] 1923–1924<br />
*[[T. R. Venkatarama Sastri]] 1924–1928<br />
*[[Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer]] 1929–1944<br />
*[[P. V. Rajamannar]] 1944–1945 (later [[High Court of Madras|Chief Justice of Madras]], 1948)<br />
*[[K. Rajah Iyer]] 1945–1950<br />
* K.Kuttikrishna Menon 1950-1951 <ref>https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/indiandailymail19500726-1.2.41</ref><br />
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=== Madras State ===<br />
* [[V. K. Thiruvenkatachari]] 1951–1964<br />
* [[N. Krishnaswami Reddy]] 1964–1966<br />
* [[Mohan Kumaramangalam]] 1966–1967<br />
*[[P.L.Narayanan viluthugal]]1000-10000<br />
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=== Tamil Nadu===<br />
* [[Govind Swaminadhan]] 1967–1976<br />
* [[K. Parasaran]] 1976–1977<br />
* [[V. P. Raman]] 1977–1979<br />
* [[R. Krishnamoorthy]] 1980–1989<br />
* [[K. Subramaniam (lawyer)|K. Subramaniam]] 1991–1994<br />
* R. Krishnamoorthy 1994–1996<br />
* K.V.Venkatapathi 1996–2001<br />
* [[N. R. Chandran]] 2001–2006<br />
* [[R. Viduthalai]] 2006–2007<br />
* [[G. Masilamani]] 2007–2009<br />
* [[P. S. Raman]] 2009–2011<br />
* [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]] 2011–2013<br />
* [[A. L. Somayaji]] 2013–2016<br />
* [[R. Muthukumarasamy]] 2016–2017<br />
* [[Vijay Narayan]] 2017–2021<br />
* [[R. Shunmugasundaram]] 2021–2023<br />
* [[P.S.Raman]]2024-<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Attorneys General of British overseas territories}}<br />
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[[Category:British colonial attorneys general in Asia|Madras]]<br />
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