Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
(1781-1851), Lord ChancellorEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 14 portraits
Pepys was called to the Bar in 1804, and ran a highly successful legal practice. In 1830, he was appointed Solicitor General to Queen Adelaide, a post he held for two years. He entered Parliament as MP in 1831, where he rarely spoke except on purely legal questions. At the time there was a shortage of lawyers in the House of Commons and, to the surprise of many, in 1834 Pepys was appointed both Solicitor General and Master of the Rolls. He became Lord Chancellor in 1836. Although little remembered as a politician or as a law reformer, he was praised for his work as a judge.
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
by Charles Robert Leslie
oil on canvas, exhibited 1840
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 June 1836
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 29 August 1836
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Nursery Rhymes No. 5 (Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham; Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 27 December 1836
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Queen Victoria opening her first Parliament
by George Baxter
aquatint, 1837 or after
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Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham
by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, after Henry Perronet Briggs
lithograph, (1837)
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Don Carlos and the In-quiz-ition in London
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 February 1837
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 February 1837
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 February 1838
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Maternal Solicitude - Unnatural Offspring
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 10 October 1838
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 December 1838
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Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
NPG D33637
Stothard's admired picture of "The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon". Somewhat Metamorphosed!
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean, printed by General Lithographic Establishment, after Thomas Stothard
lithograph, published 11 February 1841
NPG D41603
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