Commissioners_of_Woods_and_Forests

Commissioners of Woods and Forests

Commissioners of Woods and Forests

Government officials in UK

The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission. The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings.

William Huskisson, First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1814 and 1823.

The hereditary land revenues of the Crown in Scotland, formerly under the management of the Barons of the Exchequer, were transferred to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and their successors under the Crown Lands (Scotland) Acts of 1832, 1833 and 1835.

The Crown Lands Act 1851 replaced the Commissioners with two separate commissions, the Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings and the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues dividing between them the public and the commercial functions of the Crown lands.

Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 1810-1851

First Commissioners are followed by the names of their co-commissioners

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References

  • Pugh, R.B. (1960). The Crown Estate – An Historical Essay. London: The Crown Estate.
  • Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811
  • The Crown Estate publication scheme: website consulted January 2007
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