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Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, KT, PC (10 January 1750 – 17 November 1823) was a British Whig lawyer and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1806 and 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (born January 10, 1750, Edinburgh, Scotland—died November 17, 1823, Almondell, Linlithgowshire) was a British Whig lawyer who made important contributions to the protection of personal liberties.
Thomas Erskine (1750–1823) was the leading common law barrister in Britain and a Whig MP committed to defending freedom of the press. Famed for his powerful, classical rhetoric he was described as an “invincible orator” with “the tongue of Cicero and the soul of Hampden.”
Learn about the life and achievements of Thomas Erskine, a Scottish lawyer and politician who became the lord chancellor of Great Britain. From his humble origins in Edinburgh to his naval and military adventures, his legal education and practice, and his political reforms and controversies.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, (born Jan. 10, 1750, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Nov. 17, 1823, Almondell, Linlithgowshire), Scottish lawyer. He was the youngest son of Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan.
It is based on a case study of leading common law barrister and Whig MP Thomas Erskine (1750–1823). It examines the dissemination of Erskine’s legal and political arguments, and other publications in support of freedom of the press and the constitutional importance of trial by jury in libel trials.
21 de mai. de 2018 · Eighteenth-century Scottish jurist and historian Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) was noted for his contributions to British law, his spirited defense of American patriot Thomas Paine, and his support for the French Revolution.
