John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

The Lord Lyndhurst
Half-length watercolour portrait
Lord Lyndhurst wearing the parliamentary robes of a baron, portrait by Felix Rogge c.1836
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
2 May 1827 – 24 November 1830
Monarchs
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Earl of Eldon
Succeeded byThe Lord Brougham and Vaux
In office
21 November 1834 – 8 April 1835
MonarchWilliam IV
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord Brougham and Vaux
Succeeded byIn Commission
In office
3 September 1841 – 27 June 1846
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded byThe Lord Cottenham
Succeeded byThe Lord Cottenham
Personal details
Born(1772-05-21)21 May 1772
Boston, Massachusetts
British America
Died12 October 1863(1863-10-12) (aged 91)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory
Spouses
Sarah Brunsden
(m. 1809; died 1834)
Georgina Goldsmith
(m. 1837)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, PC, QS, FRS (21 May 1772 – 12 October 1863) was a British lawyer and politician. He was three times Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.


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