See also:SIR See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:BROMLEY (1530-1587)
, See also:English See also:lord See also:chancellor, was See also:born in See also:Staffordshire in 1530
.
He was educated at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford University and called to the See also:bar at the See also:Middle See also:Temple
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Through See also:family See also:influence as well as the patronage of See also:Sir See also:Nicholas See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
Bacon, the lord keeper, he quickly made progress in his profession
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In 1566 he was appointed See also:recorder of See also:London, and in 1569 he became See also:solicitor-See also:general
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He sat in See also:parliament successively for See also:Bridgnorth, See also:Wigan and See also:Guildford
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On the See also:death of Sir Nicholas Bacon in 1579 he was appointed lord chancellor
.
As an'See also:equity See also:judge he showed See also:great and profound knowledge, and his See also:judgment in See also:Shelley's See also:case (q.v.) is a landmark in the See also:history of English real See also:property See also:law
.
He presided over the See also:commission which tried See also:Mary, See also:queen of Scots, in 1586, but the See also:strain of the trial, coupled with the responsibility which her See also:execution involved upon him, proved too much for his strength, and he died on. the 12th " of See also:April 1587
.
He wasbutied'in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey
.
See See also:Foss, Lives of the See also:Judges; See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors
.
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