The Attorney-General of Barbados is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Barbados.
According to Article 72 of the Constitution of Barbados, the Attorney-General holds ministerial rank in the government. He may, in the case of certain offences, give general or special directions to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which the latter must follow.
Robert Hooper c.1693
Edward Chilton, 1698 to 1705
Thomas Hodges, FRS ?1706 to ?1721
Jonathan Blenman, 1726 to
Blenman 1728 to
Timothy Blenman, 1741 to
Henry Beckles, 1770 to 1772
Robert Burnett
Anthony Chester
Robert Burnett Jones
John Beckles, 1807 to 1823
Henry E. Sharpe, 1839 to 1846
John Sealy, 1846 to
Francis Fleming, 1878 to 1882
William Conrad Reeves, 1882 to 1886
Sir Henry Alleyne Bovell, 1886 to aft.1893
G. Aubrey Goodman, 1907 to 1913
Hon Sir Charles Pitcher Clarke, 1913 to ? (died 1926)
Ernest Allan Collymore, 1928 to 1936
Edward Keith Walcott, 1936 to 1946
Sir William Campbell Wylie, 1951 to 1955
Barbados became independent, 1966
Sir Frederick Smith, 1966 to 1971
George Moe, 1971 to 1976
Sir Henry de Boulay Forde, 1976 to 1981
Louis Tull, 1981 to 1985
Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1985 to 1986
Maurice Athelstan King, 1986 to 1994
Sir David Anthony Simmons, 1994 to 2001
Mia Mottley, 2001 to 2003
Dale Marshall, 2006 to 2008
Freundel Stuart, 2008 to 2010 (departed the position to become acting PM)
Adriel Brathwaite, 2010 to present
