Some legal advisers are also posted abroad. ![]() In 2013, the Directorate had a staff of 70, of whom around 50 are lawyers based in London. The Legal Adviser heads the Legal Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which is responsible for providing legal advice to FCO ministers and officials. In 1896 he was listed immediately below under secretaries and ahead of the chief clerk. When Pauncefote was appointed British Minister to the United States in 1892, the Foreign Office List began to list Davidson as Legal Adviser eo nomine. In 1886, Edward Davidson was appointed Legal Assistant to the Foreign Office. ![]() In 1876, Sir Julian Pauncefote was appointed an assistant under secretary to provide in-house legal advice to the Foreign Office, although he never held the title of Legal Adviser. That year, Sir Travers Twiss, the Queen's Advocate resigned, and the office lapsed. Until 1872, it was the practice of the Foreign Office to seek legal advice from the Law Officers of the Crown and from the Queen's Advocate General. ![]() The current Legal Adviser is Sally Langrish. The Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (known as Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office until 1968) is the chief legal adviser and the head of the Legal Directorate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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