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Events on Monday 17 November 1823 1
1750 – 1823Thomas Erskine (1750-1823)Died 17 November 1823, aged 73Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, was a leading British barrister renowned for defending radicals and reformers in treason trials of the 1790s, including Thomas Paine. He later served briefly as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. His courtroom advocacy helped shape modern principles of civil liberty in English law.