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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn

British judge and politician (1733-1805)

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About Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He served as Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801.

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Occupation: judge, politician, jurist, lawyer
Position held: Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney General for England and Wales, member of the House of Lords, Lord Chancellor
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: February 13, 1733

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Joshua Reynolds via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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January 2, 1805

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