Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, was an 18th-century British lawyer, judge, and Whig politician renowned for his strong defense of civil liberties and opposition to arbitrary government power.

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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden canonical 9
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instanceOf British politician
Whig politician
human
judge
lawyer
birthDate 1714-03-21
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
child John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
createdBaronInYear 1765
createdEarlInYear 1786
deathDate 1794-04-18
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
educatedAt Eton College
Inner Temple
King’s College, Cambridge
surface form: King's College, Cambridge
era 18th century
familyName Pratt
father Sir John Pratt
givenName Charles
honoredIn title of Camden, London borough
influenced development of civil liberties in English law
doctrine against general warrants
knownFor defense of civil liberties
judgment in Entick v Carrington
opposition to arbitrary government power
language English
legalPosition opponent of general warrants
legalTradition common law
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of Great Britain
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party
mother Elizabeth Gregory
nobleTitle Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Earl Camden
notableWork judgment in Entick v Carrington (1765)
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
parliamentaryHouse House of Commons of Great Britain
House of Lords
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
positionHeld Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
surface form: Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Member of Parliament of Great Britain
religion Church of England
spouse Elizabeth Jeffreys
style The Right Honourable
supported American colonists' grievances against arbitrary power
title Baron Camden

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Camden namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden Town namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden County namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden County, New Jersey namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden, South Carolina, United States namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
subject surface form: Camden, South Carolina
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden nobleTitle Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1st Earl Camden
Camden Place hasNameOrigin Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden Place namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Camden, Ohio namedAfter Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Pratt hasNotableBearer Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden