Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805

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Name (Latin)
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805
Other forms of name
Loughborough, Alexander Wedderburn, Baron of, 1733-1805
Loughborough, Lord, 1733-1805
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, 1st earl of, 1733-1805
Wedderburn, Al. (Alexander), Earl of Rosslyn, 1733-1805
Wedderburn, Alexander, Earl of Rosslyn, 1733-1805
Date of birth
1733-02-13
Date of death
1805-01-02
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Justice, Administration of
Law
Politics, Practical
Occupation
Judges
Politicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 46319696
Wikidata: Q4720351
Library of congress: no 90006337
Sources of Information
  • His Lord Loughborough's charge to the Grand Jury of Wilts, at the late assizes at Salisbury, August 6, 1791, 1791.
  • Alexander Speirs, Andrew Blackburn, and Andrew Syme, trustees for the creditors of James Dunlop, merchant in Glasgow, appellants. Thomas and Alexander Peters, merchants in Glasgow, respondents, 1767:p. 3 (signed at end: Al. Wedderburn)
  • LC data base, 3/9/90(hdg.: Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, 1st earl of, 1733-1805)
  • DNB(Wedderburn, Alexander, first Baron Loughborough and first Earl of Rosslyn; 1733-1805)
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Wikipedia description:

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801.

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