Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberties, championing the rights of the jury, and limiting the powers of the State in leading cases such as Entick v Carrington.
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden by Nathaniel Dance
William Pitt the Elder
Sir Charles Pratt by Joshua Reynolds.
John Wilkes
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
The chief justice of the common pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the other two common law courts and the equity and probate courts, became part of the High Court of Justice. As such, the chief justice of the Common Pleas was one of the highest judicial officials in England, behind only the lord high chancellor and the lord chief justice of England, who headed the King's Bench.
John Coleridge, the last Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Sir Edward Coke, a famed jurist whose judgements included seminal cases in corporate and competition law and the creation of judicial review
Sir Orlando Bridgeman, who tried the Regicides of Charles I
Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, who successfully defended Queen Caroline on charges of adultery in 1820