John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
British politician
Also known as: John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, 2nd Earl Camden, Earl of the County of Brecknock, Viscount Bayham of Bayham Abbey, Baron Camden of Camden Place(Show More)
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (born Feb. 11, 1759, near Chislehurst, Kent, Eng.—died Oct. 8, 1840, near Sevenoaks, Kent) was the lord lieutenant (viceroy) of Ireland from 1795 to 1798, when his repressive actions touched off a major rebellion against British rule. After serving as a lord of the British Admiralty (1782–89) and Treasury (1789–94) and inheriting his father’s earldom of Camden (1794), Camden went to Dublin in March 1795 as lord lieutenant. He...
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