UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 29 April 1781, London

Died: 29 April 1851

1st Baron Cottenham - 20 January 1836

1st Earl of Cottenham - 11 June 1850

3rd Baronet - 1845

Knighted -

Member of Privy Council - 1834

son of Sir William Pepys, Bt

husband of Caroline Elizabeth Wingfield-Baker

Harrow School

Trinity College, Cambridge

Lincoln's Inn

Solicitor General	1834	1834
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England	23 April 1835	16 January 1836
Lord Chancellor	16 January 1836	30 August 1841
Lord Chancellor	6 July 1846	19 June 1850

12 December 1832	Malton	Whig	Unopposed
1834 Resignation of Charles Pepys on appointment as Solicitor-General.
4 March 1834	Malton	Whig	Unopposed
8 January 1835	Malton	Whig	Unopposed
23 April 1835 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Pepys on appointment as Lord Commissioner for the Custody of the Great Seal.
19 May 1835	Malton	Whig	Unopposed
16 January 1836 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Pepys to the Peerage on his appointment as Lord Chancellor - Baron Cottenham.