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Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

British statesman
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Born:
Dec. 9, 1731, Bracon Ash, Norfolk, Eng.
Died:
Sept. 12, 1806, Brighton, Sussex (aged 74)

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (born Dec. 9, 1731, Bracon Ash, Norfolk, Eng.—died Sept. 12, 1806, Brighton, Sussex) was the lord chancellor of England from June 1778 to April 1783 and from December 1783 to June 1792, who gained that office and continued to hold it under a variety of prime ministers by supporting the extreme conservatism of King George III. He was noted more for his great (though often venomous) oratory than for his legal wisdom. Called to the bar in 1754, Thurlow became King’s Counsel in 1762, a member of the House of Commons in 1765, solicitor general ...(100 of 235 words)

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