Thurlow Edward Baron 1731-1806 Born In Norfolk England Entered
Parliament for Tamworth, 1768. In 1770 appointed solicitor-general, and
in 1771 attorney-general. In 1774 supported on constitutional grounds
the ministerial scheme for the government of Quebec province. In 1778
lord chancellor and raised to the peerage. Presided at the trial of
Warren Hastings, 1788. Supported Pitt's foreign policy throughout, but
on other questions was not a loyal adherent of the prime minister. In
1792 Pitt and Grenville, with whom he then bitterly disagreed, induced
the king to part with the chancellor, who then resigned the great seal.
Throughout his career an ardent supporter of the king, and added all his
influence in favour of the policy which led to the revolt of the
American colonies. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Attorney-general, on French-Canadian
claims in matters of law, 62, 66. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.