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[[File:William Huskisson by Richard Rothwell.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[William Huskisson]], First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1814 and 1823.]]
The '''Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues''' were established in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1810 by merging the former offices of [[Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases]] and [[Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown]] into a three-man commission.  The name of the commission was changed in 1832 to the '''Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings.'''

The hereditary land revenues of the Crown in Scotland, formerly under the management of the [[Court of Exchequer (Scotland)|Barons of the Exchequer]], were transferred to the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and their successors under the [[Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1832]], the [[Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1833]] and the [[Crown Lands (Scotland) Act 1835]].

The [[Crown Lands Act 1851]] replaced the Commissioners with two separate commissions, the [[Commissioners of Works and Public Buildings]] and the [[Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues]] dividing between them the public and the commercial functions of the Crown lands.

==Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 1810-1851==
First Commissioners are followed by the names of their co-commissioners

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Name !! Entered office !! Left office
|-
|[[Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - [[Henry Dawkins (1765–1852)|Henry Dawkins]] || 1810 || 1814 
|-
|[[William Huskisson]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1814 || 1823 
|-
|[[Charles Arbuthnot]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1823 || 1827 
|-
|[[George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1827 || 1827 
|-
|[[William Sturges Bourne]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1827 || 1828 
|-
|[[Charles Arbuthnot]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1828 || 1828 
|-
|[[William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1828 || 1830 
|-
|[[George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover|George Agar-Ellis]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins || 1830 || 1831 
|-
|[[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Henry Dawkins <br> - [[Benjamin C. Stephenson|Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson]] (replaced Dawkins) || 1831 || 1834 
|-
|Sir [[John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton|John Hobhouse]] <br> - William Dacres Adams <br> - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson || 1834 || 1834 
|-
|[[Lord Granville Somerset]] <br> - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson <br> - [[Alexander Milne (civil servant)|Alexander Milne]] <br> - Charles Henry Somerset || 1834 || 1835 
|-
|John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon <br> - Sir Benjamin C. Stephenson <br> - Alexander Milne || 1835 || 1841 
|-
|[[Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle|Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln]] <br> - Alexander Milne <br> - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore || 1841 || 1846 
|-
|[[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|Charles Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning]] <br> - Alexander Milne <br> - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore || 1846 || 1846 
|-
|[[George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle|George Howard, Viscount Morpeth]] <br> - Alexander Milne <br> - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore || 1846 || 1850 
|-
|[[Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset|Edward Seymour, Lord Seymour]] <br> - Alexander Milne <br> - Hon. Charles Alexander Gore <br> - [[Thomas Francis Kennedy (politician)|Thomas Francis Kennedy]] (replaced Milne) || 1850 || 1851 
|}

==References==
*{{cite book |first=R.B. |last=Pugh |author-link=Ralph Pugh |title=The Crown Estate – An Historical Essay |location=London |publisher=The [[Crown Estate]] |year=1960}}
*Annual Report of Commissioners of Woods & Forests 1811
*The Crown Estate publication scheme: website consulted January 2007

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