17th Century Lord Chancellor Of Ireland John Freeman-Mitford Signed Album Page

  

"1st Baron Redesdale" John Freeman-Mitford Signed Album Page. August 1748 - 16 January 1830, known as.

1793 and 1802, was an English lawyer and politician. Speaker of the House of Commons. London, Mitford was the younger son of John Mitford d. Hampshire, and Philadelphia, daughter of Willey Reveley of Newton Underwood.

Having become a barrister of the. Pleadings in Suits in the Court of.

A work reprinted several times in. In 1788, he became Member of. In Devon, and in 1791 he successfully. Introduced a bill for the relief of. Despite being himself a committed.

In 1793 he succeeded Sir. In 1794, he was elected a.

Fellow of the Royal Society. In February 1801, Mitford was. Exactly a year later, he was appointed. And raised to the peerage as. Baron Redesdale, of Redesdale in the County of Northumberland.

Redesdale was unpopular in Ireland. Had little support from his own colleagues: he was the subject of scurrilous.

Attacks by "Juverna", who was later discovered to be a senior. And forced to resign from the Bench as a result. February 1806, Redesdale was dismissed on the formation of the.

Ministry of All the Talents. To return to official life, he was an active member of the. On its political and its judicial sides.

Secured the passing of acts for the relief of insolvent debtors, and became an. Opponent of the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and other popular.

Lord Redesdale married Lady Frances Perceval, daughter. John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont. He took the additional name of Freeman in 1809. By royal licence on succeeding to the estates of Thomas Edwards Freeman.

Redesdale died in August 1817. Lord Redesdale survived her by thirteen years. He was succeeded in the barony by his only son. Who was created Earl of Redesdale in 1877.