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Portrait of Charles Christopher Pepys, First #1300219

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Portrait of Charles Christopher Pepys, First #1300219
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Portrait of Charles Christopher Pepys, First Earl Cottenham, 1781-1851 by Henry Inman 1801-1846 </em></td>
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Georgianna Buckham Wright ,
Deaquisitioned from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA , October, 2006

Field of Interest Law
Occupation Lord chancellor
Place of Birth Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London
Education Harrow, Trinity College, Cambridge, Lincoln's Inn
Death Pietra Santa in the duchy of Lucca
Burial Totteridge in Hertfordshire
Spouse Caroline Elizabeth, second daughter of William Wingfield

Charles Christopher Pepys, first Earl of Cottenham 1781-1851, lord chancellor, born in Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, on 29 April 1781, was the second son of Sir William Weller Pepys, bart., a master in chancery, who was descended from John Pepys, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, a great-uncle of Samuel Pepys the diarist, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. William Dowdeswell, sometime chancellor of the exchequer. Henry Pepys [q.v.] was his brother. He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated LL.B. in 1803. He was admitted a member of Lincoln's Inn on 26 Jan. 1801, and was called to the bar on 23 Nov. 1804. He commenced practice at No. 16 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn; but, though esteemed a skilful equity draftsman, his progress at the chancery bar was exceedingly slow. On 24 Aug. 1826 he was made a king's counsel, and on 6 Nov. in the same year he was elected a bencher of Lincoln's Inn. In November 1830 he was appointed solicitor-general to Queen Adelaide, a post which he retained until May 1832. ...
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#: 2966</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1845</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Henry Inman 1801-1846</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Charles Christopher Pepys, First</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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