Person    | Male  Born 21/5/1772  Died 12/10/1863

Lord Lyndhurst

Categories: Law, Politics & Administration

Countries: USA

Lawyer and politician. Born John Singleton Copley in Boston, Massachusetts and brought to England aged 3. He served as an MP for several constituencies and was Lord Chancellor three times. As solicitor-general he took a prominent part in the trial of King George IV's consort Queen Caroline.

Photo credit: Government Art Collection.

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

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Lord Lyndhurst

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West Side House

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Furnival's Inn

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Edwin Bedford

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Hackney parish watch house

Hackney parish watch house

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Richard de Lucy

Richard de Lucy

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