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Terms from Azhar, Al- to Bertrand Blier (2161 words) |
 | Baron Brittan (of Pennithorne), Leon Brittan Biography (1939–) |
| Baron Coggan (of Canterbury And Of Sissinghurst), (Frederick) Donald Coggan Biography (1909–2000) |
| Baron Tebbit (of Chingford), Norman (Beresford) Tebbit Biography (1931–) |
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George Jeffreys (302 words) |
| George Jeffreys (1648-1689), Baron Wem, better known as "Judge Jeffreys," became notorious during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor. |
| Jeffreys was knighted in 1677 and by 1680 had become chief justice of Chester. |
| One of several trials which showed how far Jeffreys was prepared to go in order to curry royal favour was that of Algernon Sidney, who had been implicated in the Rye House Plot[?] and was convicted on the flimsiest evidence and executed. |
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