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Camden, Charles Pratt, First Earl of
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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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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Camden, Charles Pratt, First Earl of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/c/camden-charles-pratt-first-earl-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.