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:''For the others with the same name, see Alexander Wedderburn (disambiguation)''. Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn PC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801. ==Life== He was the eldest son of Peter Wedderburn (a lord of session as Lord Chesterhall) and was born in East Lothian. Wedderburn acquired the rudiments of his education at Dalkeith and at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and in his fourteenth year matriculated at the University of Edinburgh. Though he desired to practise at the English bar, in deference to his father's wishes he qualified as an advocate at Edinburgh, in 1754. His father was called to the bench in 1755, and for the next three years Wedderburn stuck to his practice in Edinburgh, during which period he employed his oratorical powers in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and passed his evenings in social and argumentative clubs. In 1755 the precursor of the later Edinburgh Review was started, and Wedderburn edited two of its issues. The dean of faculty at this time, Lockhart, afterwards Lord Covington, a lawyer notorious for his harsh demeanour, in the autumn of 1757 assailed Wedderburn with more than ordinary insolence. Wedderburn retorted with extraordinary powers of invective, and, on being rebuked by the bench, declined to retract or apologize. Instead, he left the court forever. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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