Cockburn, Henry Thomas, c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Henry Thomas Cockburn. Caption: "Lord Cockburn 1779-1854."
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Cockburn, Henry Thomas, Lord Cockburn (1779-1854), Scottish judge; educated in Edinburgh; advocate, 1800; a zealous whig; a celebrated pleader in criminal cases; wrote on legal and political subjects in pamphlets and reviews, 1822-30; solicitor-general for Scotland, 1830-4; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1831 and 1833; a lord of session, 1834, and of justiciary, 1837; published a life of Lord Jeffrey, 1852; his autobiography published, 1856, his journal and some of his letters, 1874. [xi. 186]."
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume II, p. 117
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0011039
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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