Alexander Wedderburn

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Lord Chancellor of Great Britain Scottish lawyer human politician

Alexander Wedderburn was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and was influential in Edinburgh’s intellectual and legal circles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
Scottish lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
birthDate 1733-02-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1805-01-13 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
familyName Wedderburn ⓘ
fieldOfWork jurisprudence ⓘ
law ⓘ
politics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor influence in Edinburgh’s intellectual circles ⓘ
influence in Edinburgh’s legal circles ⓘ
role in British politics during the American Revolutionary period ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Rosslyn ⓘ
Baron Loughborough ⓘ
notableWork legal arguments in the case of John Wilkes ⓘ
speech attacking Benjamin Franklin before the Privy Council ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Tory Party

Whig Party ⓘ
partOf Scottish Enlightenment milieu ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Lord Chancellor of Great Britain

Member of Parliament ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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