1714

Born

In the Parish of Kensington, London

21^st March 1714

Christened

In the Parish of Kensington, London

2^nd June 1714

History

 

An Act of Parliament was passed in [2 June] 1714, enabling Ambrose Browne to sell the manor of Begeham, which then passed into the possession of John Pratt, Esq., of the Wilderness, in the county of Kent, sergeant-at-law, and afterwards Chief Justice of the King's Bench, whose son became the first Earl Camden and Lord High Chancellor of England. In this family the property has since remained, the present [1857] owner being grandson to the illustrious Chancellor.

8^th April 1742

Invested

Fellow, Royal Society

4^th October 1749

Married

Elizabeth Jefferys at Ely Chapel, St Andrews, Holborn, in London

1751

Birth of a daughter

1752

Birth of a daughter

Lady Elizabeth, in London

1753

History

 

Eagles lived at Shoesmiths till his death in 1752. By this time, it is said, he had squandered the property and he left it to three neighbours - A. Courhope of Horsmonden being one - as trustees, to sell what remained, and to pay his debts, reckoned at £7,000. And so in 1753 it was sold to Charles Pratt, Esq., who rose from being Attorney General in 1758 to be Lord Chancellor and Earl Camden

1755

Birth of a daughter

Lady Sarah, in London

1755

Invested

King's Counsel

1756 to 1757

Appointed

Attorney-General

c 1757

Birth of a daughter

 

1757 to 1761

Elected

M.P. for Downton

11^th February 1759

Birth of a son

John Jefferys at 34 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in London

28^th December 1761

Invested

Knighthood

1761 to 1766

Appointed

Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

15^th February 1762

Invested

Privy Counsellor

17^th July 1765

Title

1st Baron Camden of Camden Place, in Chislehurst, Kent

30^th July 1766

Appointed

Lord Chancellor

18^th April 1774

Died

At Hill Street, Berkeley Square, in London

1782 to 1783

Appointed

Lord President of the Councl

13^th May 1786

Title

1st Earl Camden

13^th May 1786

Title

Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey, Sussex

26^th April 1794

Buried

In the Parish of Seal, Kent