CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, FIRST EARL OF

CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, FIRST EARL OF
   a distinguished British lawyer and statesman, chief-justice of the King's Bench in George I.'s reign, and ultimately Lord Chancellor of England; opposed, as judge in the case, the prosecution of Wilkes as illegal, and as a statesman the policy and action of the government towards the American colonies; he was created earl in 1786 (1713-1794).

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