Richard Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley
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The Right Honourable The Lord Alvanley PC KC |
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| Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas | |
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In office 22 May 1801 – 19 March 1804 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | The Lord Eldon |
| Succeeded by | Sir James Mansfield |
| Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 1788–1801 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | Sir Lloyd Kenyon |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Grant |
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In office 1784–1788 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Lloyd Kenyon |
| Succeeded by | Sir Archibald Macdonald |
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20 June 1744 Bredbury, England |
| Died | 19 March 1804 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Dorothea Wilbraham-Bootle (m. 1784) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Church of England |
Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley PC KC (20 May 1744 – 19 March 1804) was a British barrister and Whig politician, who served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a Member of Parliament from 1783 to 1801.
He was born on 20 May 1744 in Bredbury, the son of John Arden (1709–1787), and Mary Pepper, and baptised on 20 June 1744 in . Educated at The Manchester Grammar School, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in November 1761 and received his BA in 1766. Arden was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1769, and received his MA from Trinity the same year.
Invested as a King's Counsel in 1780, he was Solicitor General during the ministry of Shelburne, and again for a year under Pitt. At this time he entered Parliament, as the Whig MP for Newtown from 1783 to 1784. In 1784 he became MP for Aldborough, and was appointed Attorney General and Chief Justice of Chester, posts he would hold until 1788.
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