Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn

The Earl of Rosslyn
Portrait by Joshua Reynolds, 1785
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[a]
Lord High Steward for the trial of:
In office
28 January 1793 – 14 April 1801
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byIn Commission
Succeeded byThe Lord Eldon
Attorney General for England and Wales
In office
1778–1780
Preceded byEdward Thurlow
Succeeded byJames Wallace
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
In office
1780–1793
Preceded bySir William de Grey
Succeeded bySir James Eyre
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
June 1780 – 2 January 1805
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
Personal details
Born3 February 1733 (1733-02-03)
Died2 January 1805 (1805-01-03) (aged 71)
SpouseCharlotte Courtenay
Parent(s)Peter Wedderburn, Lord Chesterhall
Janet Ogilvy
RelativesJames St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (nephew)
  1. ^ Remained Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from the Act of Union in January 1801 as the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland remained in office until the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922.

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801.