Person    | Male  Born 3/2/1733  Died 2/1/1805

Lord Loughborough

Categories: Law, Politics & Administration

Countries: Scotland

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.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lord Loughborough

Commemorated ati

West India Docks - foundation stone

You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidenc...

Read More

Other Subjects

Christian Bevington

Christian Bevington

Bencher of the Inner Temple.

Person, Law

1 memorial
John Popham

John Popham

Born Somerset.  Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Faw...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gerald Road Police Station

Gerald Road Police Station

The police station opened in what was then called Cottage Row. The name was changed to Gerald Road in 1885. After years of debate about its future, in 1993 the police moved to the newly completed B...

Building, Armed Forces, Law

1 memorial
Sir Tasker Watkins

Sir Tasker Watkins

Soldier and judge. Born at 9 Station Terrace, Nelson, Glamorgan. In Normandy, he led an assault on a German machine-gun post. After all the other officers were killed in the approach, he continued ...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, France, Wales

1 memorial
George Allen

George Allen

Father of George Maule Allen. We are grateful to Paul Frecker who found this: "Despite his partial retirement from general practice in 1892, 'there are not many days when Mr George Allen cannot be ...

Person, Law

1 memorial

Previously viewed

John Lindley

John Lindley

Botanist and horticulturist. Born at Catton, near Norwich. He was appointed assistant secretary to the Horticultural Sociery of London in 1827, and in 1827 was Professor of Botany at University Col...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial