Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond
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Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond (1673 - 1733) was a British judge.
In 1725 he was invested as Privy Counsellor.
Raymond, a Tory, was appointed as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench on March 2, 1725 until his death. In the trial of Deist Thomas Woolston in 1729 Raymond said:
- Christianity in general is Parcel of the Common Law of England, and therefore to be protected by it; now whatever strikes at the Root of Christianity, tends manifestly to a Dissolution of the Civil Government...so that to say, an Attempt to subvert the establish'd Religion is not punishable by those Laws upon which it is establish'd, is an Absurdity. (John Fitz-Gibbons, The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench (London, 1732), pp. 65-66.)
In the House of Lords he tried to stop the House of Commons abandoning Law French and replacing it with English. To Raymond, ending the traditional language might lead to other 'modernisations' such as Welsh for courts in Wales. However his opposition failed and in 1733 the courts were anglicised.
In 1720 he built for himself a country house and estate at Langleybury 2 miles north of Watford in Hertfordshire. His mongram and his cipher, a griffin in a crown, can still be seen on the exterior of the building.
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| Preceded by: Robert Eyre |
Solicitor General 1710–1714 |
Succeeded by: Nicholas Lechmere |
| Preceded by: Sir Nicholas Lechmere |
Attorney General 1720–1724 |
Succeeded by: Sir Philip Yorke |
| Preceded by: John Pratt |
Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1725–1733 |
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| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by: Charles Mason |
Member for Bishop's Castle with Richard Harnage, 1708-1719 1710–1715 |
Succeeded by: Charles Mason |
| Preceded by: Sir Gilbert Dolben |
Member for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) with Henry Holmes, 1695-1717 1715–1717 |
Succeeded by: Anthony Morgan, Sir Theodore Janssen |
| Preceded by: Francis Herbert |
Member for Ludlow with Humphrey Walcot, 1713-1722 1719–1722 |
Succeeded by: Abel Ketelby, Acton Baldwyn |
| Preceded by: Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sidney Godolphin |
Member for Helston with Walter Carey 1722-1727 1722–1724 |
Succeeded by: Sir Clement Wearg |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by: New Creation |
Baron Raymond 1731–1733 |
Succeeded by: Robert Raymond |
