John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

The Right Honourable
The Lord Lyndhurst
PC QS FRS
The Right Honourable The Lord Lyndhurst PC QS FRS
	Lord Lyndhurst wearing the parliamentary robes of a baron, portrait by Felix Rogge c.1836
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
	In office; 2 May 1827 – 24 November 1830
Monarchs	George IV; William IV;
Prime Minister	George Canning; The Viscount Goderich; The Duke of Wellington;
Preceded by	The Earl of Eldon
Succeeded by	The Lord Brougham and Vaux
	In office; 21 November 1834 – 8 April 1835
Monarch	William IV
Prime Minister	The Duke of Wellington; Sir Robert Peel, Bt;
Preceded by	The Lord Brougham and Vaux
Succeeded by	In Commission
	In office; 3 September 1841 – 27 June 1846
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded by	The Lord Cottenham
Succeeded by	The Lord Cottenham
Personal details
Born	21 May 1772; Boston, Massachusetts; British America
Died	12 October 1863 (aged 91); London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Tory
Spouses	; Sarah Brunsden (m. 1809; died 1834) Georgina Goldsmith (m. 1837)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst, PC, QS, FRS (21 May 1772 – 12 October 1863) was a British lawyer and politician. He was three times Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.

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