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Henry Thomas Cockburn
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Held out few inducements to men ambitious of success in life.. On the accession of Earl Grey's ministry in 1830 he became solicitor-general for Scotland. In 1834 he was raised to the bench, and on taking his seat as a judge in the court of session he adopted the title of Lord Cockburn. Cockburn's forensic style was remarkable for its clearness, pathos and simplicity; and his conversational powers were unrivalled among his contemporaries. The extent of his literary ability only became known after he had passed his seventieth year, on the publication of his biography of Lord Jeffrey in 1852, and from the Memorials of his Time, which appeared posthumously in 1856. He died on the 26th of April 1854, at his mansion of Bonaly, near Edinburgh.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Henry Thomas Cockburn'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/henry-thomas-cockburn.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Henry Thomas Cockburn'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/henry-thomas-cockburn.html. 1910.
