UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 21 May 1772

Died: 12 October 1863

1st Baron Lyndhurst - 25 April 1827

Knighted - 1819

Member of Privy Council - 20 November 1826

19 June 1818	Ashburton	Tory	Unopposed
December 1818 Resignation of John Copley on appointment as King's Sergeant
12 February 1819	Ashburton	Tory	Unopposed
July 1819 Resignation of John Copley on appointment as Solicitor-General.
20 July 1819	Ashburton	Tory	Unopposed
7 March 1820	Ashburton	Tory	Unopposed
January 1824 Resignation of Sir John Copley on appointment as Attorney-General.
11 February 1824	Ashburton	Tory	Unopposed
16 June 1826	Cambridge University	Tory	772	59.71
September 1826 Resignation of Sir John Copley on appointment as Master of the Rolls.
16 December 1826	Cambridge University	Tory	Unopposed
25 April 1827 Elevation of Sir John Copley to the Peerage - Baron Lyndhurst.