Recorder of Manchester

List of Recorders of Manchester

• 1839 John Frederick Foster
• 1839–1865 Robert Baynes Armstrong
• 1865–1893 Henry Wyndham West QC
• 1893–1914 Sir Joseph Francis Leese KC
• 1914–1925 Arthur Jacob Ashton KC
• 1925–1935 Sir Walter Greaves-Lord KC
• 1935–1956 Sir Noel Barré Goldie QC
• 1956–1960 Sir Basil Nield QC
• 1960–1967 Robertson Dunn Crichton QC
• 1967–1971 William Gerard Morris

  Honorary Recorders of Manchester

• 1971–1977 H H Judge Sir William Gerard Morris
• 1977–1982 H H Judge Sir Rudolph Lyons QC
• 1982–1990 H H Judge Arthur Miller Prestt QC
• 1990–2003 H H Judge Sir Rhys Everson Davies QC
• 2003–2008 H H Judge David Maddison
• 2008–2013 H H Judge Andrew Gilbart
• 2013– 2020 H H Judge David Stockdale
• 2020 - H H Judge Nicholas Dean QC