CHARLES PRATTCAMDEN, 1ST Earl (1714-1794), lord chancellor of England, was born in Kensington in 1714.
He was a descendant of an old Devonshire family of high standing, the third son of Sir JohnPratt, chief-justice of the king's bench in the reign of George I. He received his early education at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
As a proof of Pratt's moderation in a period of passionate party warfare and frequent state trials, it is noted that this was the only official prosecution for libel which he set on foot.
Pratt became a close friend of William Pitt while the two were students at Eton and Pitt contributed greatly to Pratt's professional and political advancement.
Camden county in Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia and the city and county of Camden New Jersey are all named in his honor.
The son of the 1st Earl of Camden, Sir JohnPratt served as lord lieutenant of Ireland from 1794 - 1798 his repressive policies became a major factor in the outbreak of the 1798 revolution.
Marquess Camden is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Baron Camden, of Camden Place in the County of Kent (1765), Viscount Bayham (1786), EarlCamden (1786) and Earl of Brecknock (1812), all in the Peerage of Great Britain, except the Earldom of Brecknock which is in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
His son, the second Earl, was a politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and as Lord President of the Council.
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He was raised to the dignity of an earl in May 1786, and was at the same time created See also:
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