Abbott, Charles, first Baron Tenterden (1762–1832), judge, was born in Canterbury on 7 October 1762, the second son of John Abbott (d. 1785), a hairdresser, with a shop opposite the western portal of the cathedral, and his wife, Alice, née Bunce (...
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Abbott, Charles, first Baron Tenterden (1762–1832), judge
Michael Lobban
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Abbott, Charles, first Baron Tenterden (1762–1832)
Maker: Samuel William Reynolds senior
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Charles Abbott, first Baron Tenterden (1762–1832) by Samuel William Reynolds senior, 1820 (after William Owen, exh. RA 1819) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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A'Beckett, Sir William (1806–1869), judge
Peter Balmford
A'Beckett, Sir William (1806–1869), judge, was born on 28 July 1806 in London, the eldest son of William A'Beckett (1777–1855), solicitor, and his wife, Sarah, née Abbott. After attending Westminster School and serving articles with his father, he determined on the bar and was called at ...
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Ackner, Desmond James Conrad, Baron Ackner (1920–2006), judge
Michael Beloff
Ackner, Desmond James Conrad, Baron Ackner (1920–2006), judge, was born at 90 Highbury New Park, Islington, London, on 18 September 1920, the son of an immigrant Viennese dentist, Conrad Ackner, who had a fashionable practice in Wimpole Street, and his wife, (Rosine) Rhoda, née Tuck...
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Acton, Sir Edward (1865–1945), judge
W. O. Hart
revised by Alec Samuels
Acton, Sir Edward (1865–1945), judge, was born at Stretford in Lancashire on 6 November 1865, the son of Henry Morell Acton (1828–1907) [see under Acton, Henry], one of the editors of the Manchester Guardian, and his wife, Anne Shaw, daughter of ...
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Aland, John Fortescue, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746), judge
David Lemmings
Aland, John Fortescue, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746), judge, was born on 7 March 1670, the second son of Edmund Fortescue of Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Sarah, daughter (and ultimately heir) of Henry Aland of Waterford. On his father's side he was a descendant of ...
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Aland, John Fortescue, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746)
Maker: John Faber junior
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John Fortescue Aland, first Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746) by John Faber junior, 1733 (after Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1720) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alderson, Sir Edward Hall (bap. 1787, d. 1857), law reporter and judge
Steve Hedley
Alderson, Sir Edward Hall (bap. 1787, d. 1857), law reporter and judge, was baptized on 10 September 1787 at Great Yarmouth Presbyterian Old Meeting Chapel, the eldest son of Robert Alderson (d. 1833), barrister and recorder of Norwich, and his first wife, ...
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Altham, Sir James (c. 1555–1617), judge
David Ibbetson
Altham, Sir James (c. 1555–1617), judge, was the third son of James Altham (1525?–1583), a prosperous London merchant, and his first wife, Elizabeth, the sister of Sir Thomas Blank, lord mayor of London in 1582. His mother died in 1558; his father then married the formidable widow of ...
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Amos, Sir (Percy) Maurice Maclardie Sheldon (1872–1940), judge
Marie-Louise Legg and Thomas S. Legg
Amos, Sir (Percy) Maurice Maclardie Sheldon (1872–1940), judge, was born at East Street, Gray's Inn Road, London, on 15 June 1872, the eldest child and only son of Sheldon Amos (1835–1886) and his wife, Sarah Maclardie Amos (1840/41–1908), daughter of Thomas Percival Bunting...
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Amphlett, Sir Richard Paul (1809–1883), judge
Steve Hedley
Amphlett, Sir Richard Paul (1809–1883), judge, was born in Quatt, Shropshire, on 24 May 1809, the eldest son in the family of six sons and three daughters of the Revd Richard Holmden Amphlett (d. 1842) and his wife, Sarah (bap...
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Anderson, Sir Edmund (1530?–1605), judge
David Ibbetson
Anderson, Sir Edmund (1530
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Anderson, Sir Edmund (1530?–1605)
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Sir Edmund Anderson (1530?–1605) by unknown artist, 1590s © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Archer, Sir John (1598–1682), judge
Wilfrid Prest
Archer, Sir John (1598–1682), judge, was son and heir of Henry Archer (d. 1615), a landowner of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex, and his wife, Anne, the daughter of Simon Crouch, a well-connected London citizen. John matriculated as a pensioner from Queens' College, Cambridge...
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Arden, Richard Pepper, first Baron Alvanley (1744–1804)
Maker: George Romney
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Richard Pepper Arden, first Baron Alvanley (1744–1804) after George Romney, 1791–5 © Chester City Council (Grosvenor Museum)
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Arden, Richard Pepper, first Baron Alvanley (1744–1804), judge
David Lemmings
Arden, Richard Pepper, first Baron Alvanley (1744–1804), judge, was born on 20 May 1744 at Bredbury, in the parish of Stockport, Cheshire, the second son of John Arden of Harden Hall and his wife, Mary, daughter of Cuthbert Pepper of Pepper Hall, near ...
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Argyle, Michael Victor (1915–1999), judge
Geoffrey Robertson
Argyle, Michael Victor (1915–1999), judge, was born on 31 August 1915 at The Homestead, Elford, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, the son of Harold Victor Argyle (b. 1887), solicitor, and his first wife, Elsie Marion, daughter of John Hartland Richards, of Tamworth, Staffordshire. His paternal grandfather, ...
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Armour, John Douglas (1830–1903), judge in Canada
Pelham Edgar
revised by James G. Snell
Armour, John Douglas (1830–1903), judge in Canada, was born on 4 May 1830, at Cavan, near Peterborough, Ontario, the youngest son of Samuel Armour, Anglican rector of Cavan, and his wife, Margaret Douglas. His father, of Irish origin, graduated MA from Glasgow University...
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Arnould, Sir Joseph (1813–1886), judge in India and writer
Katherine Prior
Arnould, Sir Joseph (1813–1886), judge in India and writer, was born at Camberwell, Surrey, on 12 November 1813, the eldest son of Joseph Arnould MD (1786–1859) and his wife, Elizabeth Smith (1785–1823), daughter of Elizabeth Smith and Thomas Baily...
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Ashe, Samuel (1725–1813), politician and judge in the United States of America
William S. Powell
Ashe, Samuel (1725–1813), politician and judge in the United States of America, was born near Bath, Beaufort county, North Carolina, the son of John Baptista Ashe (d. 1734), a native of Wiltshire and a lawyer, and Elizabeth Swann (d. 1729). At the time of ...
