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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

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By the end of 1769, he was in open opposition to the government and was making little contribution to discussions in cabinet. Only Royal pressure kept him in post. However, by the beginning of 1770, Chatham had returned to the fray, opposing government policies on Wilkes and America. On 9 January 1770, Chatham moved a motion opposing the government's policies and Camden stepped down from the
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of 1766 which asserted Great Britain's sovereignty over the American colonies. Further, continued unrest in America, stemming from Townshend's 1767 taxation scheme, brought a robust response from Pitt and Camden was his spokesman in the Lords. However, towards the end of 1767, Pitt, now raised to the
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unlawfully arrested over the same matter. Wilkes was awarded £1,000 (£127,000 at 2003 prices) and Pratt condemned the use of general warrants for entry and search. Pratt pronounced with decisive and almost passionate energy against their legality, thus giving voice to the strong feeling of the nation
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By the 20th century, Camden's legal opinions were seen as subservient to Chatham's politics and Camden certainly followed the party line on Wilkes and America. However, his party loyalty was tempered by a self-serving interest in power. He served under five prime ministers and on two occasions clung
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of the House to regulate its own membership, Wilkes could, though lawfully elected, be lawfully expelled. However, Camden saw that this was only likely to lead to Wilkes's re-election and an escalating crisis. The cabinet decided to seek Wilkes's expulsion but Camden was not content with the policy.
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broke out in 1775 and Chatham's faction were dismayed. Their official line was to advocate mediation, refusing to think of either American independence or continued English hegemony. Camden continued to speak on the dilemma in parliament. He continued steadfastly to oppose the taxation of the
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I do not know what to advise... I submit to the declaratory law, and have thought it my duty, upon that ground, as a minister, to exert my constitutional power to carry out the duty act into execution. But as a member of the legislature I cannot bring myself to advise violent
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on 30 July. Camden managed to negotiate an additional allowance of £1500 and a position for his son John. Camden carried out the role in an efficient manner, without any great legal innovation. He presided over the
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managed to form a successor administration and Camden was left to the opposition, continuing to sit in the Lords. From 1770 onwards, Chatham neglected parliamentary attendance and left leadership of the house to
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The first case which brought him prominently into notice and gave him assurance of ultimate success was the government prosecution, in 1752, of a bookseller, William Owen. Owen had published a book
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gave him immunity from arrest on such a charge. The decision earned Pratt some favour with the radical faction in London and seems to have spurred him, over the summer of that year to encourage
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to the hands of the jury as the representatives of the people. The judges he held were too prone to government pressure to guarantee essential freedoms. Despite the unanimous opposition of the
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Chatham, Rockingham and Grenville were expected to combine to bring down Grafton, when it was expected that Lord Camden would return to the woolsack. However, though Grafton resigned,
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Pitt resigned on 14 October and Camden, who continued to sit in the cabinet as Lord Chancellor, now took up a position of uncompromising hostility to the governments of Grafton and
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The Common Pleas was not an obvious forum for a jurist with constitutional interest, dealing as it did principally with disputes between private parties. However, on 30 April 1763,
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Camden took an animated part in the debates on important public matters until within two years of his death, in particular supporting Pitt's 1785 Parliamentary Reform Bill and the
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a great constitutional lawyer, a great legal historian, and a great common lawyer — a worthy successor, by virtue both of his learning and his principles, of such predecessors as
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colonies overseas. Camden insisted that taxation was predicated on consent and that consent needed representation. However, when he came to support the government over the Act's
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and winning for himself an extraordinary degree of popularity as one of the maintainers of English civil liberties. Honours fell thick upon him in the form of addresses from the
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on 26 September to prohibit grain exports until parliament met. However, despite Camden's record on civil liberties, this proclamation was unlawful, contrary to art.2 of the
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To the last, Camden zealously defended his early views on the functions of juries, especially of their right to decide on all questions of libel. In the Lords debate on the
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had obstructed Pratt's career in favour of his own son. Though this led to an uncomfortable relationship between the two law officers of the Crown, it led to the landmark
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Since their youthful meeting at Eton, Pitt had continued to consult Pratt on legal and constitutional matters and Pratt became involved in the group that met at the
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I never heard a greater flow of words, but my knowledge of facts in this controversy caused his misrepresentations and glosses to appear in a very strong light.
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examination of the King's doctors' opinions. With Thurlow unwilling to lead the legislature, Camden grasped the challenge of inviting parliament to appoint a
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He was further aided by an advantageous marriage on 5 October 1749 to Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Jeffreys of the Priory, Brecknock, by whom he had a son
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reportedly observed that it was "internal" taxes that the colonists objected to and Townshend took this to suggest that there would be little opposition to
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had unsuccessfully made this, and other appointments, to curry favour with Pitt but Camden was not over-eager to get involved in the crisis surrounding the
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under the Rockingham-Shelburne administration, supporting the government economic programme and anti-corruption drive, and championing repeal of the
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An Enquiry into the Question, whether Juries are, or are not, Judges of Law, as well as of Fact; with a particular Reference to the Case of Libels
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on 18 April 1794. His remains were interred in Seal church in Kent. Camden died a wealthy man, much of his wealth deriving from his wife. Both
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bringing him into line. However, by May, fears that the Bill would focus and strengthen American resistance led Camden to oppose the measure.
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Pratt lost his patron when Pitt left office in October 1761 but in January 1762, he resigned from the Commons, was raised to the bench as
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in favour of an address to the King on the subject of the manifesto of the commissioners to America. In 1782 he was appointed
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granting permission to develop some fields he owned just to the north of London. In 1791 he laid out the land in plots and
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for fear of inhibiting the advancement of learning. This was a key influence on the ultimate rejection of that year's
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In May 1766, Pitt again became prime minister and advanced Camden from the court of common pleas to take his seat as
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stepped in as caretaker. Camden became indecisive in his own political role, writing to Grafton on 4 October 1768:
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trade proposals that same year. Camden continued to attend cabinet meetings and, after he moved to Hill Street,
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over both, only the property of the former was vested in the Crown. Though the original opinion related to the
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should not only decide whether the work in question was published but also whether the words themselves were
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However, Camden the politician was less of a champion of civil rights than Pratt the judge. The poor
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who refused to serve the corporation. Dissenters were in any case prohibited from serving under the
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to determine the fact of publication but that it was further their right to assess the intent of a
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practice which made him financially secure and enabled him to purchase the Camden Place estate in
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On 16 February 1775, Camden made his major speech on the crisis, opposing public opinion and the
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ban that expired on 26 August. Pitt, with Camden's support, called the Privy Council to issue a
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to give a speech in support of the motion. However, he did not resign as Lord Chancellor until
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took its name from the town in Alabama. Furthermore, Pratt Street, a major thoroughfare in
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from which only one of his decisions was overturned on appeal. He also presided over the
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cases. Broadening the legal argument to the constitutional and political Camden charged
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had, by resolution of the House, condemned as "an impudent, malicious, scandalous and
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and many large towns, and of presentations of freedom from various corporate bodies.
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of 24 December 1757 whereby the pair distinguished overseas territories acquired by
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Continuation of the Life of Lord Chancellor Camden till he became and Ex-Chancellor
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on account of his ill health, cabinet meetings were sometimes held at his home.
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the following February. Camden resigned and persuaded Shelburne to do the same.
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Pitt and his followers had, after their initial opposition, come to support the
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for four years, but did not distinguish himself as a debater. He introduced the
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Camden was short in stature but of a fine physique. For recreation he enjoyed
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The Case of Alexander Murray, Esq; in an Appeal to the people of Great Britain
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was an essential element of libel and should be decided by the jury as in
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Life of Lord Chancellor Camden from his Birth till the Death of George II
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that the Act's ulterior objective was to create an army of militant
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and both houses of parliament ultimately accused Pitt and Camden of
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had been raided by officers of the Crown, searching for evidence of
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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and political cases. Despite Pitt's support, the Bill fell in the
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with whom Camden could manage only the coolest of relationships.
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government with Newcastle and insisted on Pratt's appointment as
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of his college, and in the following year obtained his degree of
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On 28 March 1768, Wilkes was surprisingly elected as member for
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as publication was proved and the intent of the contents was a
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hesitated over what action to take, thereby precipitating the
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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them for the construction of 1,400 houses, the beginnings of
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In his last years, he took a great interest in the career of
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from a small number of settlers, he unsuccessfully moved its
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American colonists, and signed, in 1778, the protest of the
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that brought down the administration on 9 December 1783.
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The year 1774 brought a renewed crisis over America. The
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and finding that his consecutive, rather than concurrent
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During his life, Pratt played a leading role in opposing
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were lawful. He gave a controversial judgment in the
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Walford, E. (1878). "Camden Town and Kentish Town".
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Index

The Right Honourable
PC

Nathaniel Dance
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
George III
The Earl of Chatham
The Duke of Grafton
The Earl of Northington
Charles Yorke
Lord President of the Council
George III
The Marquess of Rockingham
The Earl of Shelburne
The Earl Bathurst
The Viscount Stormont
George III
William Pitt the Younger
The Earl Gower
The Earl Fitzwilliam
Kensington
London
England
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
PC
baptised
lawyer
judge
Whig

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