Judge and politician. Called to the bar in 1778, he acted for the defence in a number of important cases. In Parliament, he sat in the pocket borough of Downton in Wiltshire, and was promoted to Attorney General, and the Master of the Rolls (the second most senior judge in the country), 1818 until his death.
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Sir Thomas Plumer
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Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment. Â Born Berkshire. Â Died Surrey.
A prison for debtors. The picture is by George Shepherd, brother of Thomas.
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Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
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