Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (9 December 1731 – 12 September 1806) was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1778 to 1783, and again from 1783 to 1792.

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"I was with you, Mr. Scott—till I heard your argument."

- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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"The accident of an accident."

- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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"When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me."

- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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"Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned; they therefore do as they like."

- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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"I suppose no one ever was so wise as Thurlow looks."

- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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