John Scott Eldon

Lord John Scott Eldon (1751-1838) was a celebrated English lawyer, born at Newcastle, of humble parentage. He was educated at Oxford for the Church, but got into difficulties through a runaway marriage. He betook himself to law, rose rapidly in his profession, and, entering Parliament, held important legal offices under Pitt. He was made a Baron and Lord Chancellor, 1801, an office which he held for 26 years. He retired from public life in 1835, and left a large fortune at his death. He was noted for the shrewd equity of his judgments and his delay in delivering them.

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