Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley (after 1788)

Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley PC , KC (born May 20, 1744 in Bredbury , Cheshire , † March 19, 1804 in London ) was a British politician and lawyer.

family

Born the second son of John Arden and his wife Mary Pepper, Arden had an older and a younger brother. While his older brother inherited the family as the eldest son, his younger brother embarked on a career in the church. Arden's father was from Walsall and his mother from near Richmond in North Yorkshire . On September 9, 1784, Arden married Anne Dorothea Wilbraham-Bootle, daughter of MP Richard Wilbraham-Bootle . The couple had six children, including sons William and Richard .

education

Arden received his education at the Manchester Grammar School . On November 2, 1761, he was to study at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge approved. He completed this in 1766 with a Bachelor of Arts . The following year he was at his alma mater for Fellow appointed and completed a postgraduate course for Master of Arts which he successfully completed the 1769th

Professional background

After completing his studies, Arden was admitted to the Middle Temple bar on February 10, 1769 . His family connections brought him the position of magistrate in Macclesfield in 1771 and a magistrate position in Wales just five years later . He achieved national fame in 1780 as a defense counsel for the defendants in connection with the arrest of George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot . The previous year he had been appointed barrister at Lincoln's Inn . In early 1782, Arden successfully represented the politician Thomas Rumbold in proceedings for bribery and electoral fraud. In November of the same year he assumed the position of Attorney General for England and Wales. In January 1783, Arden was elected to the House of Commons for the Isle of Wight constituency. In addition to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , Arden was one of the vehement critics of the Fox North Coalition . For this reason, he resigned from his post as Attorney General in April 1783, but took over the office again in December of the same year after Pitt was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . In the British general election in 1784 he was re-elected to Parliament, this time as a member of the Aldbourough constituency . In his work as attorney general he was very successful at the legislative level, after which he was appointed Master of the Rolls on June 14, 1788 . On the other hand, he barely negotiated in court. While he was confirmed in the constituency elections in 1790 in the Hastings constituency as a member, he was successful in the general election in 1794 in the constituency of Bath . He continued his parliamentary work until he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas on May 22, 1801 .

Death and aftermath

Arden died on March 19, 1804, either in his home in Westminster or in the house in Frognal, London . He was buried in the Rolls Chapel . The title of Baron Alvanley passed to his eldest son William upon his death and to his son Richard after his death. When Arden died, he owned two properties in London.

Awards

In 1780, Arden was appointed Crown Attorney by Charles II . In 1788, when he was appointed Master of the Rolls, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor and accepted into the Privy Council . With his appointment as judge of the Court of Common Pleas, he was raised to hereditary Baron Alvanley , of Alvanley in the County of Chester.

literature

Web links

predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Alvanley
1801-1804 		William Arden
personal data
SURNAME Arden, Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arden, Richard Pepper, 1st Baron Alvanley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH Bredbury , Cheshire
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1804
Place of death London