Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden

Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden PC SL (born October 7, 1762 in Canterbury , † November 4, 1832 in London ) was a British lawyer.

Charles Abbott

Life

He was the son of John Abbott and his wife Alice. In his youth he was considered a hardworking student with good manners. In 1802 he submitted the later authoritative publication Law relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen for the law of merchant shipping. In 1816 he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . From November 4, 1818 to November 4, 1832 he held the office of Lord Chief Justice . During this time he was chairman of the Arthur Thistlewood trial in 1820 . On April 30, 1827 he was raised to Baron Tenterden , of Hendon in the county of Middlesex. In the British House of Lords he belonged to the Tory faction .

He married Mary Lamotte on July 30, 1795. The couple had two sons and two daughters: John, Charles, Mary and Catherine.

literature

• Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 26 : Submarine Mines - Tom-Tom . London 1911, p. 635 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
• John Macdonell:  Abbott, Charles (1762-1832) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 1:  Abbadie - Anne. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, pp 26 - 29 (English).

Web links

• Charles Abbott at Hansard (English)
• Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden on thepeerage.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Lobban: Abbott, Charles, first Baron Tenterden (1762-1832). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Tenterden 1827-1832	John Abbott