John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden
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The Most Honourable The Marquess Camden KG PC FSA |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
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In office 13 March 1795 – 14 June 1798 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Hon. William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | The Earl Fitzwilliam |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Cornwallis |
| Secretary of State for War and the Colonies |
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In office 14 May 1804 – 10 July 1805 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Hon. William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Lord Hobart |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Castlereagh |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 10 July 1805 – 19 February 1806 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Viscount Sidmouth |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Fitzwilliam |
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In office 26 March 1807 – 8 April 1812 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister |
The Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval |
| Preceded by | Viscount Sidmouth |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Sidmouth |
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| Born |
11 February 1759 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London |
| Died |
8 October 1840 (aged 81) Seale, Surrey |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Molesworth (d. 1829) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG PC (11 February 1759 – 8 October 1840), styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1795 and 1798 and as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1804 and 1805.
Camden was born at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, the only son of Lord Chancellor Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, and Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Jeffreys, of The Priory, Brecknockshire. He was baptised on the day Halley's Comet appeared. He was educated at the University of Cambridge (Trinity College).
In 1780 Camden was elected Member of Parliament for Bath and obtained the position of Teller of the Exchequer the same year, a lucrative office which he kept until his death, although after 1812 he refused to receive the large income arising from it. He served under the Earl of Shelburne as Lord of the Admiralty between 1782 and 1783 and in the same post under William Pitt the Younger between 1783 and 1789, as well as a Lord of the Treasury between 1789 and 1792.
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