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Copley, John Singleton, 1772-1863 (Baron Lyndhurst, politician and Lord Chancellor)

 Person

Biography

John Singleton Copley (1772-1863), Baron Lyndhurst, politician and lord chancellor, was born at Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, before the American War of Independence. Educated at a private school, Manor House, in Chiswick, Copley entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1790. Copley came into prominence in 1812 with his defence of one of the leading Luddites, John Ingham, who was indicted at the Nottingham assizes and charged with the capital offences of rioting and the destruction of machinery. He became a member for the borough of Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, before being returned for Ashburton at the general election later the same year. In October 1819 he was knighted, and switched seats again in 1826 to the University of Cambridge. In February 1819 he became chief justice of Chester and king's serjeant and, in June of that year, solicitor-general. In January 1824 he succeeded Sir Robert Gifford as attorney-general, and in September 1826 Copley succeeded Gifford as master of the rolls. He was appointed lord chancellor (three times in total) and was raised to the peerage as Baron Lyndhurst of Lyndhurst in 1827, and then was offered the office of chief baron of the exchequer in 1830. Lyndhurst died on 12 October 1863 at his house, 25 George Street, Hanover Square, London.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Correspondence from Lord Lyndhurst, 1846 (Circa, some undated)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8805/18-21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Thirty-five letters, mostly to French, including letters of support for his committee to elect Lord Lyndhurst as High Steward (1840), thanks for copies of his translation of the Psalms and replies to invitations to Installations of Chancellors.

Dates: 1846 (Circa, some undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst: Letter to Sir Francis Simpkinson, 1845

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4251/832
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 1845
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letters to Sir John Gurney from judges and legal figures, 11 Feb. 1807-17 Feb. 1845 (Circa)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/148-169
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 11 Feb. 1807-17 Feb. 1845 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth: Letters to him

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8806
Scope and Contents

16 letters to Kay-Shuttleworth, mostly concerning arrangements for meetings and acceptances of dinner invitations; 6 letters to other members of the family from various correspondents, 1842-1860; 6 miscellaneous letters.

Dates: 1842-1869 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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