Lawyer and Lord Chancellor. Born Alexander Wedderburn, probably in Edinburgh. Called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1757, he served as Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801. Died in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.
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Lord Loughborough
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidenc...
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Person, Gender Issues, Law, Peace, Politics & Administration, Scotland
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