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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863 NRA: Copley, John Singleton (1772-1863) 1st Baron Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor DNB: Copley, John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), politician and lord chancellor LBT ID: LdLyndh VIAF ID: 42620929 LOC ID: n85052204 | B/BAP: 1772-05-21 DIED: 1863-10-12 |
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The son of the American painter; he did legal work for John Murray before succeeding Lord
Eldon as lord chancellor (1827-30, 1834-35, 1841-46); a skilled lawyer, he was also a
political chameleon. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF John Singleton Copley, baron Lyndhurst: Lord Lyndhurst to Samuel Rogers, 16 January 1844 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) | |
