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... Attorrney- t9 General, in l1841 Lord Chancellor of Ireland. lie its ne had only held the office for a few weeks when the ed Whigs retired, and lie was thrown aside. Ile no employed his leisure in -writing the entertainitug ve Lives of the Lord Chancellors ...
... made his great forensic speech for the defendant in the celebrated case of Norton v. Lord Melbourne. On the return of the Whig party to office in June, 1846, after the resignation of the late Sir Robert Peel, Lord Campbell joined the Cabinet, and was ...
... from the banquet hall to the great' Hall of Judgment, *as one of the shining lilhts and mfain stays of, the now almost effete Whig party. Like many other men of celebiity, it was his failure as a newspa. per man that opened the gates of success to him as ...
... together with an ambition for distinction at the English bar which about this time powerfully affected the young Scottish Whigs. It is not difficult to imagine this ungainly Suotch lad, with his broad Fifeshire dialect, making his way through London, ...
... judge acatued by purer motives in the distribution of. the professio'al patronage that fell to his share. Scotohman and staunoh Whig, as he was, I do not-balieve the claims of' country or patty: ever entered with him into comrpetition' .wth. those founded ...
... together with an am. bition for distinction At the English bar which About this time poweifully affected the young Scottish Whigs. And among a, crowd of eager competitors we note two in paiticular who preferred the bar of Westminster to that of Ldinbus ...
... made his grentforenic speeeh for the defeniadnt in the celebrated ease of ' Norton a. Lard Melbourne. On the return of the Whig party to office, in June, 1846, after the resignation of the late Sit Robert Peel, Lord Campbell jolned the eabinet.and was ...
... nor even the use of common eyes. His next promotion was not effected under kindly and graceful influences. Just before the Whig Government went out in 1841, and when the event was clearly foreseen by everybody, while struggled against by the holders of ...
... he made his great forensic speech for the defendant in the celebrated case of Norton v. Lord Melboulne. On the return of the whig party to office, in June, 1846, afterthe resignation of the late Sir Robert Peel, Lord Campbell joined the cabinet, and swas ...