John Scott

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John Scott, later known as Lord Eldon, was a prominent British lawyer and Conservative Lord Chancellor of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for his influential but often slow-moving equity jurisprudence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
burialPlace Kingston upon Thames ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1751-06-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1838-01-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
University College, Oxford ⓘ
familyName Scott ⓘ
fieldOfWork equity law ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix PC ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
monarchDuringTerm George III ⓘ
George IV ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Eldon ⓘ
Earl of Eldon ⓘ
notableFor influential equity jurisprudence ⓘ
slow-moving decision-making in Chancery ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Boroughbridge ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
Weobley ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
politicalAlignment Conservative ⓘ
Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
sibling William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Surtees ⓘ
termEndAsLordChancellor 1806 ⓘ
1827 ⓘ
termStartAsLordChancellor 1801 ⓘ
1807 ⓘ

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Lord Eldon → birthName → John Scott ⓘ