Edward Thurlow
Who is Edward Thurlow
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, PC, KC (9 December 1731 – 12 September 1806), was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.
Early life
Born at Bracon Ash, Norfolk, Thurlow was the eldest son of Reverend Thomas Thurlow. Thomas Thurlow, Bishop of Durham, was his brother. He studied at King's School, Canterbury and at Caius College, Cambridge. However, he was forced to leave Cambridge in 1751 without a degree after coming into conflict with the authorities of the university. He was for some time articled to a solicitor in Lincoln's Inn, but in 1754 he was called to th...
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- Clivepower: 'diamond eaters, horrid! monsters!' 1788 (artist unknown).
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- Cannabisdad: "corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like."-edward thurlow, baron of something or other
- Medialens: 'did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?' (edward, first baron thurlow 1731-1806)
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