Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet GCB was a British jurist and politician who served as the Lord Chief Justice for 21 years. He heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the nineteenth century. Wikipedia
Born: September 24, 1802, Alțâna, Romania
Died: November 20, 1880 (age 78 years)
Books: Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Working of the Master and Servant Act, 1867, and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 34 & 35 Vict. Cap. 32, and for Other Purposes: Together with Minutes of Evidence, Charge of the Lord Chief Justice of England to the Grand Jury at the Central Criminal Court, in the Case of the Queen Against Nelson and Brand: Taken from the Shorthand Writer's Notes, Questions on Election Law, Arising on the Reform Act; with the Decisions of the Revising Barristers, and Resolutions of the Committees of the House of Commons, and more
Grandchild: Louis Francis John Cavendish
Grandparents: Sir James Cockburn, 8th Baronet, Viscomte unknown de Vignier, and Augusta Anne Ayscough
Great-grandparents: Francis Ayscough, William Cockburn of Ayton, and Frances Cockburn
Party: Liberal Party