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1805), who was lord chancellor from 1793 to 1801, was full 
of intrigues, obtained this high office by intrigue, and lost 
it to Lord Eldon in 1801 because of his intrigues; Edward 
Law (Lord Ellenborough) (1750-1818), who as chief justice 
of the King’s Bench, succeeding Kenyon, showed great learn- 
ing and integrity but was petulant and intolerant, opposed 
Romilly’s reforms and all other changes, was a bigot and gen- 
erally overrated; 47 John Singleton Copley (Lord Lyndhurst) 
(1772-1863), who was lord chancellor three different times 
following Lord Eldon, bore an unsullied name, and was a 
consistent Conservative, resisting reforms in Parliament ; 
Thomas Denman (1779-1854), who followed Lord Tenterden 
as chief justice of the King’s Bench and was an outstanding 
liberal, advocating the reform of the criminal law and showing 
the same independence on the bench which distinguished him 
at the bar; Charles Christopher Pepys (Earl of Cottenham 
(1781-1851), who as lord chancellor made a most excellent 
judge tho he was an indifferent advocate; Bethel Richard 
Westbury (1800-1875), another lord chancellor who devoted 
himself to the improvement of legal education and the reform 
of divorce and land registry; Alexander James Edward Cock- 
burn, a great advocate, a good chief justice, and a liberal 
who opposed the Judicature Acts; and James Parke (Lord 
Wensleydale) (1782-1868), who succeeded Holroyd as judge 
on the King’s Bench, was removed with Alderson to the Ex- 
chequer in 1834 in order to strengthen the court, after his 
resignation was raised to a peerage so that he could hear 
appeals in the House of Lords, and who is known chiefly for 
his intense conservatism. 
Period of Socialization. Only a few English lawyers in the 
Period of Socialization will be mentioned. 
Selbourne (1812-1895). Roundell Palmer Selbourne’s fame 
rests upon the Judicature Acts. He was part author of the 
Judicature Act of 1873 and responsible for its passage. He 
was a judge of high qualities and a very religious man. His 
father was a rector. He attended Rugby, Winchester, Trinity 
College, Oxford, and was a fellow of Magdalen College. After 
his call to the bar, he became queen’s counsel, member of 
Parliament, solicitor-general, attorney-general, and lord chan- 
cellor. He opposed the Crimean War and the Second Opium 
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