Charles Abbott, first baron Tenterden

(1762-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Abbott, Charles, Baron Tenterden, 1762-1832 NRA: Abbott, Charles (1762-1832) 1st Baron Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice DNB: Abbott, Charles, first Baron Tenterden (1762-1832), judge LBT ID: LdTente1 VIAF ID: 37298262 LOC ID: n84205348	B/BAP: 1762-10-07 DIED: 1832-11-04
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Educated at King's School, Canterbury, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the Middle Temple; he was promoted to chief justice of the King's Bench in 1818 and became a Tory peer in 1827.
REFERENCES TO Charles Abbott, first baron Tenterden: “Old Bailey” in The Examiner (15 April 1821) 239 Found 3: ¶ 1 ¶ 5 ¶ 9 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XII. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 8 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 11: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 18