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Wynford was second only to Brougham's in duration, was a regular attendant on judi cial business for a few years only; long be fore his death he ceased to sit. Chief Justice Tenterden sat quite regularly from his ele vation to the peerage in 1827 to his death in

the court was a serious drawback. A liti gant had no assurance that his appeal would be heard by a judge whose learning and ex perience in the particular subject was equal to that of the judge from whom he appealed. If Brougham's technical knowledge had been

LORD CHELMSFORD.

1832. His successor, Denman, was raised to the peerage a few years later expressly to assist Brougham in appellate work, but owing to the heavy work of his own court his attendance was irregular. With the accession of Lord Campbell in 1841, by virtue of his appointment to the Irish. Chancellorship, the House enjoyed the services of a thoroughly competent common law judge. The uncertain composition of

equal to his energy and assurance, thing's might have been better, but it must be said that his work, except in Scotch appeals, is not of a very high order. Unsatisfactory as this tribunal had been, it grew steadily worse. During the ten years from 1850 to 1860 five chancellors succeeded one another in rapid succession: Truro. St. Leonards. Cranworth, Chelmsford and Campbell. Truro left the appellate work to