From				To			Name
1	Apr	1867	-	1	Jan	1883	Thomas Braddell
2	Jan	1883	-	2	Oct	1883	John Augustus Harwood (Acting)
3	Oct	1883	-	6	Nov	1893	John Winfield Bonser
7	Nov	1893	-	4	Feb	1906	William Robert Collyer
5	Feb	1906	-	28	Feb	1907	John Robert Innes (Acting)
1	Mar	1907	-	31	Dec	1909	Walter John Napier
1	Jan	1910	-	20	Feb	1911	Frederick Belfield
21	Feb	1911	-	24	Jan	1913	Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell
25	Jan	1913	-	24	Apr	1913	Evelyn Campbell Ellis (Acting)
25	Apr	1913	-	18	Nov	1919	Gerald Aubrey Goodman
19	Nov	1919	-	9	Jul	1925	James William Murison
10	Jul	1925	-	12	Jul	1929	Michael Henry Whitley
13	Jul	1929	-	20	Apr	1933	Walter Clarence Huggard
21	Apr	1933	-	10	Aug	1936	Percy Alexander McElwaine
27	Oct	1936	-	14	Dec	1936	Newnham Arthur Worley (Acting)
11	Aug	1936	-	14	Feb	1942	Charles Gough Howell
Kensatku-Kan (Attorney-General and Public Prosecutor of the Japanese Administration)
	Feb	1942	-		Sep	1945	Ichihara Kakka
Chief Legal Officer, British Military Administration
	Sep	1945	-	31	Mar	1946	Lt Col TC Spencer- Wilkinson
Attorneys-General of the Crown Colony of Singapore
1	Apr	1946		5	Sep	1955	Edward John Davies
6	Sep	1955		1	Jul	1957	Charles Harris Butterfield
2	Jul	1957		24	Jun	1959	E P Shanks
State Advocates-General of the State of Singapore
25	Jun	1959	-	8	Aug	1965	Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim
Attorneys-General of the Republic of Singapore
9	Aug	1965	-	31	Jan	1967	Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim
1	Feb	1967	-	31	Dec	1968	Tan Boon Teik (Acting)
1	Jan	1969	-	30	Apr	1992	Tan Boon Teik
1	May	1992	-	10	Apr	2006	Chan Sek Keong
11	Apr	2006	-	11	Apr	2008	Chao Hick Tin
11	Apr	2008	-	present			Walter Woon Cheong Ming

Sir Thomas Braddell was Singapore 's first Attorney-General and the patriarch of the illustrious Braddell legal family. Braddell was called to Gray's Inn in 1859.

He was appointed Attorney-General from 1867 to 1883. His sons, Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell and Robert Wallace Lee Braddell established the law firm Braddell Brothers in 1883.

Walter John Napier (1 Mar 1907 to 31 Dec 1909)

Sir Walter Napier arrived in Singapore in 1889 after being admitted to the English Bar and joined Alfred Drew in the partnership of Drew & Napier. In 1898, he published his "Introduction to the Study of the Law Administered in the Colony of the Straits Settlements."

He was Attorney-General of Singapore from 1907 to 1909.

Sir Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell (21 Feb 1911 to 24 Jan 1913)

Sir Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell was born in Province Wellesley in 1856. He read law at Oxford and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1879.

He practised law with his father, Sir Thomas Braddell. In 1911, he was appointed Attorney-General of Singapore, holding that appointment until 1913.

Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim (9 Aug 1965 to 31 Jan 1967)

Professor Ahmad Ibrahim was born on 20 May 1916. He was educated at Victoria School, Raffles Institution and Raffles College, Singapore. In 1936, he won the Queen's Scholarship and proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge.

In 1941, he was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple. Prior to independence, Mr Ahmad Ibrahim acted at State Advocate-General from 1959 to 1965. He served as Attorney General of the Republic of Singapore from 1965 to 1967.

Tan Boon Teik (1 Feb 1967 to 31 Dec 1968) (1 Jan 1969 to 30 Apr 1992)

Mr Tan Boon Teik graduated from University College London with an Honours degree in law in 1951. In 1953, he received his Masters of Laws degree from the same university. He was the Rockefeller Fellow at the University of London Institute from 1961 to 1962. Mr Tan is a Barrister-at-Law having been called to the Bar in England by Middle Temple. He is also an Advocate and Solicitor in Malaysia and Singapore.

Mr Tan was appointed the Attorney-General of Singapore in 1969 and he retired in 1992.

Chan Sek Keong, Attorney-General (1 May 1992 to 10 Apr 2006)

Mr Chan Sek Keong was born in Ipoh, Perak and received his early education at Anderson School, Ipoh. He read law at the University of Malaya in Singapore and was among the inaugural group of 22 to graduate from the Law Faculty in 1961. Mr Chan was admitted to the Singapore Bar on 31 Jan 1962.

He began his practice at the firm of Braddell Brothers and in 1969 joined the firm of Shook Lin & Bok.

On 1 Jul 1986, Mr Chan became the first person to be appointed as Judicial Commissioner. His elevation to the position of a Judge of the Supreme Court soon followed in 1988. On 1 May 1992, Mr Chan Sek Keong was appointed Attorney-General of Singapore.  He relinquished the position on 11 Apr 2006, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Republic of Singapore.

Chao Hick Tin, Attorney-General (11 Apr 2006 to 11 Apr 2008 )

Mr Chao Hick Tin was born in Singapore and studied at Catholic High School.  He received his legal training at the University College London, where he obtained his Bachelor and Masters of Law degrees in 1965 and 1966 respectively.

He was called to the Bar as a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1965. In 1967, he joined the Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore where he rose to become a Senior State Counsel in 1979.

He became the Head of the Civil Division in the Attorney-General's Chambers in 1982 and held that post until his elevation to the Supreme Court Bench on 1 Oct 1987 as Judicial Commissioner.  His elevation to the position of a Judge of the Supreme Court followed on 15 Nov 1990.  On 2 Aug 1999, he was appointed as a Judge of Appeal. 

On 11 Apr 2006, Mr Chao Hick Tin was appointed Attorney-General of Singapore. He held that position until 11 April 2008. He was appointed as Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court and as Vice-President of the Court of Appeal on 18 April 2008.

 

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