List of recorders of Nottingham
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- Sir Thomas Babington 1492 - 1519
- Radus Barton
- Richard Parkyns
- Henry Pierrepont appointed 1603
- Wills Fletcher
- John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare appointed 1642
- Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester 1666 - (d. 1680)
- Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1688 -
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire 1690 - (d. 1707)
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull - 1726
- Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1726 -
- Edward Bigland
- William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland
- Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull 1769 -
- Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne 1773-1794
- William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 1794–1809
- Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Lord Holland (died 1840) [2]
- Richard Wildman 1837 - 1881
- Edward Chandos Leigh 1881 - 1909
- Judge Henry Yorke Stanger 1909 - 1911
- Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins 1911 - 1920
- Hugo J. Young 1920 - 1927
- Henry Holmes Joy 1927 - 1934
- John Frederick Eales 1934 - 1936
- Sir Albion Richardson 1936 - 1950
- Christopher Nyholm Shawcross 1950 - 1961
- Anthony Leonard Cripps 1961 - 1971
- Arthur Ellis 1974 -1991
- Judge Michael Stokes QC 2007 - 2016
- Judge Gregory Dickinson QC 2016 - 2022
- Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant KC 2022 -