- Source: Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were officials under the United Kingdom Crown, charged with the management of Crown lands. Their office were customarily known as the Office of Woods.
Under the Crown Lands Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. 42) they took over from the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings those functions which related to the revenue-earning parts of the Crown lands. In 1924 the royal forests including the New Forest and Forest of Dean were transferred from the Office of Woods to the new Forestry Commission, and the title of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues was changed to Commissioners of Crown Lands.
Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues
1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Thomas Francis Kennedy
1851 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Hon. James Howard
1882 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & Sir Henry Loch
1884 Hon. Charles Alexander Gore & George Culley
1885 Robert Kingscote & George Culley
1893 Robert Kingscote & Stafford Howard
1895 John Francis Fortescue Horner & Stafford Howard
1908 George Leveson-Gower & Stafford Howard
1912 Sir Stafford Howard retired and his duties were shared between the President of the Board of Agriculture and G Leveson Gower until 1924.
References
Pugh, R.B. (1960). The Crown Estate – An Historical Essay. London: The Crown Estate.
Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811.
"Publication scheme". The Crown Estate. Retrieved 8 October 2019.