Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley

The Lord Alvanley
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
In office
23 May 1801 – 19 March 1804
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded byThe Lord Eldon
Succeeded bySir James Mansfield
Master of the Rolls
In office
1788–1801
MonarchGeorge III
Preceded bySir Lloyd Kenyon
Succeeded bySir William Grant
Attorney General
In office
1784–1788
MonarchGeorge III
Prime MinisterWilliam Pitt the Younger
Preceded byLloyd Kenyon
Succeeded bySir Archibald Macdonald
Personal details
Born(1744-06-20)20 June 1744
Bredbury, England
Died19 March 1804(1804-03-19) (aged 59)
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Anne Dorothea Wilbraham-Bootle
(m. 1784)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley PC KC (20 May 1744 – 19 March 1804) was a British barrister and Whig politician, who served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a Member of Parliament from 1783 to 1801.