Author: [Wilmot, Sir John Eardley, Knt. 1709 - 1792]. Wilmot, John [~1749 - 1815]
Title: MEMOIRS Of The LIFE Of The RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT, Knt. Late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: with Some Original Letters
Description: London: Printed by J. Nichols and Son. 1811. 2nd Edition, With Additions. Period brown half calf with green marbled paper boards. [4], 241, [1] pp (including Index). Errata last page. Frontis portrait of Sir Wilmot. 8vo: [A]^2 B - Q^8 R^1. 9-3/4" x 5-3/4". General extremity wear. Armorial bookplate of "John Drinkwater". A VG copy of an uncommon work. Per the DNB, "Wilmot discharged his responsibilities on the bench with integrity and ability.. and was highly respected by his peers... [though his longing] for a quieter life overpowered him. Not only did he decline the Lord Chancellorship yet again, on Camden's resignation in 1770, but by year's end he had determined to resign from Common Pleas. He resigned on 26 January 1771 but remained a privy councillor until 1782. He died at his house in Great Ormond Street, London, on 5 February 1792.".

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