Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden 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, and he held the offices of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Attorney-General and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Why did Lord Camden call his own 1766 grain proclamation a forty days tyranny?
He pleaded necessity for an unlawful export ban that parliament accused him of tyranny for issuing.
A poor harvest in 1766 led to fears of high grain prices and starvation, but parliament was prorogued and could not renew an export ban that expired on 26 August. Pitt, with Camden's support, called the Privy Council to issue a royal proclamation on 26 September prohibiting grain exports until parliament met. The proclamation was unlawful, contrary to article 2 of the Bill of Rights 1689, and both houses of parliament ultimately accused Pitt and Camden of tyranny. Camden pleaded necessity, a justification he had rejected in the Wilkes and Carrington trials, and called the episode a forty days tyranny. The government was forced to pass an act indemnifying those involved from legal action.
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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
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21 March 1714
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18 April 1794
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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC (baptised 21 March 1714 - 18 April 1794) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden.
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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.
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P569 (date of birth): 1714-03-21
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P570 (date of death): 1794-04-18
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P19 (place of birth): Kensington
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P20 (place of death): London
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View the SourceCamden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl, in The Oxford Companion to British History (Encyclopedia.com)
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His most famous case came in 1763 involving Wilkes and the libellous North Briton. Camden ruled that general warrants were illegal and gained great popularity. He strongly opposed the taxation of the American colonies, declaring the Stamp Act unconstitutional.
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Camden joined Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1738. At first he found it difficult to obtain a brief but eventually found work and established his reputation.
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