Alexander Cockburn (Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales)

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Alexander Cockburn was a prominent 19th-century British jurist who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and played a key role in several landmark legal and political cases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
barrister ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1802-12-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Altona ⓘ
linked to: Altona, Holstein

Duchy of Holstein ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1880-11-20 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Trinity Hall, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
familyName Cockburn ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
law ⓘ
fullName Alexander James Edmund Cockburn ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
honorificTitle Baronet ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
knownFor influence on 19th-century English criminal law ⓘ
leading role in the Tichborne case ⓘ
role in the Alabama Claims arbitration tribunal ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Inner Temple ⓘ
Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
name Alexander Cockburn ⓘ
nobleTitle 10th Baronet Cockburn ⓘ
notableWork Judgment in R v. Bertrand (1867) ⓘ
Judgment in R v. Castro (Tichborne case) ⓘ
linked to: Regina v. Castro

Judgment in R v. Negus (1868) ⓘ
Participation in the Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
representedInParliament Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Southampton ⓘ

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