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Authorised form of namePratt; Charles (1714 - 1794); 1st Earl Camden and Viscount Bayham
Dates1714 - 1794
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKensington, London, England
Date of birth21 March 1714
Place of deathHis town house, Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London
Date of death18 April 1794
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
Kensington (21 March 1714)
Burial:
Parish church, Seal, Kent
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Eton; King's College, Cambridge. BA (1736), MA (1740)
Career:
Called to the Bar at Middle Temple (1738); KC (1755); Attorney General; Chief Justice of the Commons Pleas (1761-1766); Privy Councillor (1762); Lord Chancellor (1766-1770); Lord President of the Council
Honours:
Kt 1761; Baron Camden 1765; Viscount and Earl 1786
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/04/1742
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3315
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/003646Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden and Viscount Bayhamnd
EC/1742/08Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden and Viscount Bayham: certificate of election to the Royal Society8 April 1742
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