Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802

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Name (Latin)
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Other forms of name
Kenyon, Ll. (Lloyd), Baron Kenyon, 1732-1802
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st baron, 1732-1802
Kenyon, Lord, 1732-1802
Date of birth
1732-10-05
Date of death
1802-04-04
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 17584069
Wikidata: Q6662537
Library of congress: n 89103394
Sources of Information
  • Kenyon, G.T. The life of Lloyd, first Lord ... 1990:CIP t.p. (Lloyd, first Lord Kenyon, Lord chief justice of England)
  • LC manual auth. cd., 2/15/90(Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st baron, 1732-1802)
  • Jeremiah Vickers of Dublin, merchant, in his own right, and also he and John Mathew, as executors of John Lord, merchant, deceased, appellants. John Scott, Esquire, His Majesty's attorney general of Ireland, respondent, 1779:p. 6 (signed at end: Ll. Kenyon)
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Wikipedia description:

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon, (5 October 1732 – 4 April 1802), was a British politician and barrister, who served as Attorney General, Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice. Born to a country gentleman, he was initially educated in Hanmer before moving to Ruthin School aged 12. Rather than going to university he instead worked as a clerk to an attorney, joining the Middle Temple in 1750 and being called to the Bar in 1756. Initially almost unemployed due to the lack of education and contacts which a university education would have provided, his business increased thanks to his friendships with John Dunning, who, overwhelmed with cases, allowed Kenyon to work many, and Lord Thurlow who secured for him the Chief Justiceship of Chester in 1780. He was returned as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hindon the same year, serving repeatedly as Attorney General under William Pitt the Younger. He effectively sacrificed his political career in 1784 to challenge the ballot of Charles James Fox, and was rewarded with a baronetcy; from then on he did not speak in the House of Commons, despite remaining an MP. On 27 March 1784, he was appointed Master of the Rolls, a job to which he dedicated himself once he ceased to act as an MP. He had previously practised in the Court of Chancery, and although unfamiliar with Roman law was highly efficient; Lord Eldon said "I am mistaken if, after I am gone, the Chancery Records do not prove that if I have decided more than any of my predecessors in the same period of time, Sir Lloyd Kenyon beat us all". On 9 June 1788, Kenyon succeeded Lord Mansfield as Lord Chief Justice, and was granted a barony. Although not rated as highly as his predecessor, his work "restored the simplicity and rigor of the common law". He remained Lord Chief Justice until his death in 1802.

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