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195:'s Regency Bill, especially by his resolute opposition to the marriage clause. There is a story that Walpole prevailed on Hardwicke, then Sir Philip Yorke, to quit the chief justiceship for the chancellorship, by the declaration: 'If by one o'clock you do not accept my offer, Fazakerley by two becomes lord keeper of the great seal, and one of the staunchest whigs in all England!’. Another of his speeches which attracted attention was that delivered against the Jews' Naturalisation Bill, 7 May 1753. 388: 178:
of the cautious type. He was listened to with attention, and by a section of his party came to be regarded as a leader. In a debate on the convention with Spain, 9 March 1739, whereby peace was secured on payment by the Spanish government of a compensation to English traders, he declared that if
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At first Fazakerley practised chiefly in chambers as an equity counsel, but as his practice grew he began to appear not only in the equity court, but in the courts of common law, mostly to argue questions connected with
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from 1738 to 1757. In August 1742 he was appointed recorder of Preston, an office he held for the rest of his life. His politics, however, prevented his attaining the honours of his profession and he never became K.C.
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Fazakerley died at his house in Grosvenor Street, London, in February 1767, predeceased by both his children. His son died on 30 June 1737. His daughter, Elizabeth, married, with a dowry of £16,000,
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Fazakerley was returned unopposed as Tory MP for Preston in the general elections of
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at a by-election on 24 January 1732 and retained his seat unopposed at the
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
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from Middle Temple. He married Ann Lutwyche, daughter of
368:"FAZAKERLEY, Nicholas (?1685-1767), of Prescot, Lancs" 301:"FAZAKERLEY, Nicholas (?1685-1767), of Prescot, Lancs" 37:, was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the 81:in 1707. On 9 February 1714 he was admitted of the 117:bookseller, on 3 December 1731, for publishing in 61:Fazakerley was the son of Henry Fazakerley, of 410:. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 321:Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices, ii. 541 218:on 23 December 1744. She died on 19 May 1745. 73:on 12 March 1702, aged 17. He was admitted at 8: 413: 370:. History of Parliament Online (1754–1790) 303:. History of Parliament Online (1715–1754) 357:Walpole, Memoirs of George II, i. 138 n. 227: 159:Fazakerley was elected in a contest as 135:for the defence, and, in the words of 330:Smith, Parliaments of England, i. 186 295: 293: 291: 289: 287: 131:. Fazakerley was retained along with 65:, near Liverpool. He was probably at 7: 339:Cobbett, Parliamentary Hist. x. 1318 25: 109:Among his cases was the trial of 407:Dictionary of National Biography 386: 281:Inner Temple Admission Register 142:Fazakerley became a Bencher of 1: 172:1734 British general election 127:said to have been written by 123:of 2 January the letter from 27:English lawyer and politician 69:in 1698 and matriculated at 497:18th-century English people 418:Parliament of Great Britain 146:in 1736 and was counsel to 553: 187:and returned unopposed in 174:two years later. He was a 89:, MP, on 10 October 1723. 466: 435: 423: 416: 71:Brasenose College, Oxford 263:. British History Online 48:Nicholas Fazakerley by 243:William Robert Whatton 53: 537:British MPs 1761–1768 532:British MPs 1754–1761 527:British MPs 1747–1754 522:British MPs 1741–1747 517:British MPs 1734–1741 512:British MPs 1727–1734 47: 438:Member of Parliament 402:Fazakerley, Nicholas 164:Member of Parliament 148:Cambridge University 102:and the transfer of 18:Nicholas Fazackerley 470:Sir Peter Leicester 87:Sir Thomas Lutwyche 41:from 1732 to 1767. 35:Prescot, Merseyside 31:Nicholas Fazakerley 456:James Shuttleworth 181:Sir Robert Walpole 54: 480: 479: 467:Succeeded by 451:Sir Henry Hoghton 446:1732–1767 431:Sir Henry Hoghton 111:Richard Francklin 79:called to the bar 77:in 1700, and was 33:(1685?–1767), of 16:(Redirected from 544: 424:Preceded by 414: 411: 390: 389: 380: 379: 377: 375: 364: 358: 355: 349: 348:ib. xiv. 1013–17 346: 340: 337: 331: 328: 322: 319: 313: 312: 310: 308: 297: 282: 279: 273: 272: 270: 268: 259:Foster, Joseph. 256: 250: 232: 129:Lord Bolingbroke 39:House of Commons 21: 552: 551: 547: 546: 545: 543: 542: 541: 502:English lawyers 482: 481: 476: 472: 459: 454: 447: 445: 433: 429: 427:Daniel Pulteney 400:, ed. (1889). " 398:Stephen, Leslie 396: 387: 384: 383: 373: 371: 366: 365: 361: 356: 352: 347: 343: 338: 334: 329: 325: 320: 316: 306: 304: 299: 298: 285: 280: 276: 266: 264: 258: 257: 253: 233: 229: 224: 212: 157: 95: 59: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 550: 548: 540: 539: 534: 529: 524: 519: 514: 509: 504: 499: 494: 484: 483: 478: 477: 474:Edmund Starkie 468: 465: 461:Edmund Starkie 434: 425: 421: 420: 382: 381: 359: 350: 341: 332: 323: 314: 283: 274: 251: 226: 225: 223: 220: 211: 208: 193:Lord Hardwicke 156: 153: 137:Lord Mansfield 94: 91: 58: 55: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 549: 538: 535: 533: 530: 528: 525: 523: 520: 518: 515: 513: 510: 508: 505: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 490: 489: 487: 475: 471: 464: 462: 457: 452: 444: 443: 439: 432: 428: 422: 419: 415: 412: 409: 408: 403: 399: 394: 393:public domain 369: 363: 360: 354: 351: 345: 342: 336: 333: 327: 324: 318: 315: 302: 296: 294: 292: 290: 288: 284: 278: 275: 262: 255: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 235:Edward Baines 231: 228: 221: 219: 217: 209: 207: 205: 201: 196: 194: 190: 186: 182: 177: 173: 169: 165: 162: 154: 152: 149: 145: 144:Lincoln's Inn 140: 138: 134: 133:Thomas Bootle 130: 126: 122: 121: 120:The Craftsman 116: 112: 107: 105: 104:real property 101: 92: 90: 88: 84: 80: 76: 75:Middle Temple 72: 68: 64: 56: 51: 46: 42: 40: 36: 32: 19: 449: 436: 405: 385: 372:. Retrieved 362: 353: 344: 335: 326: 317: 305:. Retrieved 277: 265:. Retrieved 254: 247:John Harland 238: 230: 216:Lord Tretham 213: 197: 158: 141: 118: 115:Fleet Street 108: 100:conveyancing 96: 93:Legal career 83:Inner Temple 67:Eton College 60: 50:Arthur Devis 30: 29: 492:1767 deaths 155:In politics 486:Categories 463:1754–1767 374:28 January 307:28 January 267:28 January 239:Lancashire 222:References 210:Later life 63:Fazakerley 57:Early life 458:1741–1754 453:1732–1741 249:, ii. 291 125:The Hague 176:Jacobite 442:Preston 395::  168:Preston 448:With: 241:, ed. 440:for 376:2019 309:2019 269:2019 245:and 204:1761 202:and 200:1754 189:1747 185:1741 166:for 161:Tory 113:, a 404:". 488:: 286:^ 237:, 206:. 378:. 311:. 271:. 52:. 20:)

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Nicholas Fazackerley
Prescot, Merseyside
House of Commons

Arthur Devis
Fazakerley
Eton College
Brasenose College, Oxford
Middle Temple
called to the bar
Inner Temple
Sir Thomas Lutwyche
conveyancing
real property
Richard Francklin
Fleet Street
The Craftsman
The Hague
Lord Bolingbroke
Thomas Bootle
Lord Mansfield
Lincoln's Inn
Cambridge University
Tory
Member of Parliament
Preston
1734 British general election
Jacobite
Sir Robert Walpole
1741

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