Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, PC, FRS was a British jurist and Conservative politician. He was twice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord Chelmsford LC by EU Eddis
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London
Frederick Thesiger was an English naval officer who went to sea with the East India Company and was later commissioned into the Royal Navy and the navy of the Russian Empire.
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
…His paternal grandfather, John Andrew Thesiger, was born in Saxony but migrated to England and became secretary to Lord Rockingham. Thesiger's uncle Sir Frederick Thesiger was naval aide-de-camp to Lord Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Thesiger was originally destined for a naval career, and he served as a…
The Battle of the Saintes
The Battle of Copenhagen, 1801