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Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

Index Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

Sir Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, PC (c. 1708 – 14 January 1772) was the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a member of the Whig Party in the parliament and was known for his wit and writing. [1]

44 relations: All Souls College, Oxford, Anthony Henley (1667–1711), Attorney General for England and Wales, Baron Henley, Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Call to the bar, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, Defense (legal), Frederick, Prince of Wales, George Grenville, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United Kingdom, Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, Great Britain, Hampshire, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Inigo Jones, Inner Temple, James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, Leicester Square, London, Lord Chancellor, Lord High Steward, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Lord President of the Council, Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington, Slavery at common law, St John's College, Oxford, The Grange, Northington, The Right Honourable, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Vernon v Bethell, Warwickshire, Westminster School, Whigs (British political party), William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.

All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College (official name: College of the souls of all the faithful departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Anthony Henley (1667–1711)

Anthony Henley (1667–1711) was an English politician and wit.

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Attorney General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown.

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Baron Henley

Baron Henley is a title that has been created twice: first in the Peerage of Great Britain and then in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Bath (UK Parliament constituency)

Bath is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

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.

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Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782), styled The Hon.

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Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea

Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, (24 May 16892 August 1769) was a British politician.

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Defense (legal)

In civil proceedings and criminal prosecutions under the common law, a defendant may raise a defense (or defence) in an attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability.

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Frederick, Prince of Wales

Frederick, Prince of Wales, KG (1 February 1707 – 31 March 1751) was heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death from a lung injury at the age of 44 in 1751.

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George Grenville

George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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George II of Great Britain

George II (George Augustus; Georg II.; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford PC (4 August 1721 – 26 October 1803), known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Inigo Jones

Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was the first significant English architect (of Welsh ancestry) in the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.

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Inner Temple

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London.

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James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos

James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos PC (27 December 1731 – 29 September 1789), styled Viscount Wilton from birth until 1744 and Marquess of Carnarvon from 1744 to 1771, was a British peer and politician.

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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792) was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762–1763) under George III.

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Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers

Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (18 August 1720 – 5 May 1760) was an English nobleman, notable for being the last peer to be hanged, following his conviction for murdering his steward.

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Leicester Square

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lord Chancellor

The Lord Chancellor, formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest ranking among those Great Officers of State which are appointed regularly in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking even the Prime Minister.

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Lord High Steward

The position of Lord High Steward is the first of the Great Officers of State in England, nominally ranking above the Lord Chancellor.

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Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and later of Great Britain, was formerly an officer of the English Crown charged with physical custody of the Great Seal of England.

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Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.

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Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Privy Seal.

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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1 December 16906 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor.

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Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington

Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington (3 January 1747 – 5 July 1786) was a British politician.

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Slavery at common law

Slavery at common law in former colonies of the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners.

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St John's College, Oxford

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford.

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The Grange, Northington

The Grange is a 19th-century country house-mansion and English landscape park near Northington in Hampshire, England.

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The Right Honourable

The Right Honourable (The Rt Hon. or Rt Hon.) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and to certain collective bodies in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, India, some other Commonwealth realms, the Anglophone Caribbean, Mauritius, and occasionally elsewhere.

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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century.

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Vernon v Bethell

Vernon v Bethell (1762) is an English property law case, where it was affirmed that there could be no clog on the equity of redemption.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Westminster School

Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school in London, England, located within the precincts of Westminster Abbey.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC, SL (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793) was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law.

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who led the government of Great Britain twice in the middle of the 18th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henley,_1st_Earl_of_Northington

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