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WILMOT, SIR JOHN EARDLEY, second son of Robert Wilmot, Osmaston, Derbs., and Ursula, dau. of Sir Samuel Mason, Bart.; b. 16 Aug 1709; adm. Jan 1723/4; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 13 Feb 1726/7, matr. 1727; adm. Inner Temple 6 Dec 1728, called to bar 26 Jun 1732, tenant chambers there 11 Feb 1731/2; practised in common law courts; refused silk 1753; retired to Derby with the inmtention of confining himself to local practice 1754; knighted 3 Feb 1755; Puisne Justice of the King’s Bench and Serjeant-at-Law 11 Feb 1755 – Aug 1766; a Commissioner of the Great Seal 19 Nov 1756 – 20 Jun 1757; Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 20 Aug 1766 – 26 Jan 1771; Privy Councillor 10 Sep 1766; took part in judicial business of the Privy Council to 1782; thrice refused the post of Lord Chancellor; FSA 16 May 1745; his Notes of Opinions and Judgments delivered in different Courts were edited by his son John Eardley-Wilmot (qv), 1802; m. 3 Apr 1743 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Rivett, Mayor of Derby; d. 5 Feb 1792. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.