Name

Lord Ellenborough

Biography

Lord Chief Justice of England who, in the House of Lords debate of 8 July 1805, called the Revestment 'one of the most corrupt jobs ever witnessed in Parliament.' He was challenged. He did not withdraw. He expanded: 'a proceeding which could only be sanctioned by Parliament in the worst and most corrupt times.' The Lord Chief Justice of England characterising an Act of Parliament as corrupt, in the House of Lords, unchallenged on the substance.

Active Period

1750–1818

Also Known As

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

Place

Westminster

London

Period

Crown Administration

Role / Office

Lord Chief Justice

Book Chapter

Chapter 13