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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC (baptised 21 March 1714 – 18 April 1794) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties , championing the rights of the jury , and limiting the powers of the State in leading cases ...
14 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (baptized March 21, 1714, London, England—died April 18, 1794, London) was an English jurist who, as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1761–66), refused to enforce general warrants (naming no particular person to be arrested). As lord chancellor of Great Britain (1766–70), he opposed the ...
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He was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between March 1795 and June 1798 and Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary of State for War between 1804 and 1805. He later held the office of Lord President of the Council until April 1812.
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, by Nathaniel Dance-Holland. Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1812 for the politician John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden. [1] . The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725.
- James Pratt, Earl of Brecknock
- John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden
- Earl Camden, Earl of Brecknock, Viscount Bayham, Baron Camden
- David Pratt, 6th Marquess Camden
29 de may. de 2018 · Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, 1714–94, British jurist. Appointed (1761) chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, he earned wide popularity as a result of his ruling in Entick v.
4 de ene. de 2024 · Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (baptised 21 March 1714 – 18 April 1794) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl of Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties, championing the rights of the jury, and limiting the powers of the State in leading cases ...
The leading whig constitutionalist of eighteenth-century England, Charles Pratt was appointed a judge after a career as a barrister and parliamentarian and service as attorney general. Arguing seditious libel cases, he had maintained that the jury was competent to decide the questions both of law and of fact.
