Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
The Earl of Rosslyn | |
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1785 portrait of Rosslyn by Sir Joshua Reynolds | |
| Lord Chancellor Lord High Steward for the trial of: List | |
| In office 28 January 1793 – 14 April 1801 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | In Commission |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Eldon |
| Attorney General for England and Wales | |
| In office 1778–1780 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Thurlow |
| Succeeded by | James Wallace |
| Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | |
| In office 1780–1793 | |
| Preceded by | Sir William de Grey |
| Succeeded by | Sir James Eyre |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office June 1780 – 2 January 1805 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Earl of Rosslyn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1733 |
| Died | 2 January 1805 (aged 71) |
| Spouse | Charlotte Courtenay |
| Parent(s) | Peter Wedderburn, Lord Chesterhall Janet Ogilvy |
| Relatives | James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (nephew) |
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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He served as Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801.