CT
's uncle Charles Talbot
was a distinguished lawyer who became Lord Chancellor in November and Baron Talbot in December 1733.
Other Life Event
Teresia Constantia Phillips
Dr Henchman argued that the other side's multiplication of the main issue into innumerable subsidiary points, each requiring many witnesses, ensured the case such longevity that the youngest man here will never live to see...
Textual Production
Catherine Talbot
The barely teenage CT
wrote for a cousin her Letter to a New-born Child, daughter of Mr John Talbot
, a son of the Lord Chancellor.
CT
's uncle Charles Talbot became Lord Chancellor...
Timeline
1729: Philip Yorke, later Lord Hardwicke (Solicitor...
Walvin, James et al. “Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times”. Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters, National Portrait Gallery, 1997, pp. 93-113.
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Craton, Michael. Testing the Chains. Cornell University Press, 1982.
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1733: The Lord Chancellor Charles Talbot handed...
Building item
1733
The Lord Chancellor Charles Talbot
handed down a judgement (Chaplin v. Chaplin) making it harder for a widow to secure dower (traditional entitlement to one-third of her husband's property).
Stoyan, Sydney Lyn. The Widow’s Might: Law and the Widow in British Fiction, 1689-1791. University of Ottawa, 2002.