Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron (1772–1863)

American-born British lord chancellor. He became solicitor-general in 1819. He was attorney-general 1824–26 and became master of the rolls in 1826. As Baron Lyndhurst, he was lord chancellor under three administrations.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but was brought to England at an early age. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar (1804). He joined the Midland circuit, and in 1812 became popular in Nottingham by defending a Luddite rioter, John Ingham. He became chief justice of Chester in 1819, the year he was knighted.