Holborne, Robert, Sir, -1647
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Name (Latin)
Holborne, Robert, Sir, -1647
Other forms of name
Holborne, Ro., Sir, -1647
Holborne, Robert, Sir, d. 1647
Holbourne, Robert, Sir, -1647
Date of birth
1598
Date of death
1647
Associated country
England and Wales
Occupation
Attorneys general
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Wikipedia description:
Sir Robert Holborne (died 1647) was an English lawyer and politician, of Furnival's Inn and Lincoln's Inn (where he was bencher and reader in English law). He acted, along with Oliver St John, as co-counsel for John Hampden in the ship money case. He sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1642 and supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was attorney-general to the Prince of Wales, being knighted in 1643. He also published legal tracts.
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