High Court for Trial of Impeachment
-consists of all 11 members of the Supreme Court of Judicature
-plus 11 drawn by lot from list of judges of appeal, drawn from proportion of legislative regions
-sits in London > Westminster Hall
-with scaffolding built for this purpose
-fairly regular trial
-but with rules of pleading waived
-and relaxed rules of evidence
List
- William Lord Latimer, 1376
- Richard Lyons, 1376
- John Nevill, Baron Nevill, 1376
- Michael de la Pole, 1386
- ...
- William de la Pole, 1449-50
- falls into abeyance afterwards because acts of attainder resorted to
- Sir Giles Mompesson, 1621
- Francis Bacon, 1621
- ...
- Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, 1624
- Sir Francis Michell, 1624
- George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 1626 (acquitted)
- Roger Mainwaring, 1628
- John Finch, Baron Finch, 1640
- Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1640-1 (dropped)
- instead attainted
- William Laud, 1640-1 (dropped)
- Robert Berkeley, 1641
- George Goring, Earl of Norwich, 1644
- Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1663 (acquitted)
- Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, 1667
- technically unresolved, as he fled the country
- William Howard, Viscount Stafford, 1678
- William Petre, Baron Petre, 1678-83 (died in custody)
- Henry Arundell, Baron Arundell, 1678-85 (acquitted)
- William Herbert, Marquess of Powis, 1678-85 (acquitted)
- John Belasye, Baron Belasye, 1678-85 (acquitted)
- Thomas Osborn, Duke of Leeds, 1678-9
- falsely nullified on basis of royal pardon
- Thomas Osborn, Duke of Leeds, 1695
- ...
- John Somers, Baron Somers, 1701 (acquitted)
- William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, 1701 (acquitted)
- Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, 1701 (acquitted)
- Henry Sacheverell, 1710
- Robert Walpole, 1712
- Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1715, (dropped)
- James Radclyffe, Earl of Derwentwater, 1715-6
- William Widdrington, Lord Widdrington, 1715-6
- William Maxwell, Earl of Nithisdale, 1715-6
- Robert Dalzell, Earl of Carnwath, 1715-6
- William Gordon, Viscount of Kenmure, 1715-6
- William Murray, Lord Nairn, 1715-6
- Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, 1715-7
- Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, 1725
- Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, 1747
- Warren Hastings, 1787-95 (acquitted)
- last impeachment before British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9)
- William Blennerhasset Fairman, 1834
- Lieutenant Grand Master of the Orange Order
- impeached in wake of Orange Riots of 1834 (Heads of British Isles > 1834-1837 Samuel Whitbread (Radical))
- first to be prosecuted by High Court of Impeachment and after the Popular Revolution
- William Verner, 1836-7
- Sheriff of Armagh, Orangeman
- elected to office
- Orange Riots created mood
- accused of inviting invasion of British Isles and of using police as Protestant posse
- Parliamentary Guard brought to Ireland to arrest him following his impeachment
- convicted, sent to regular jail
- James Brooke, 1852-5 (acquitted)
- Rajah of Sarawak
- impeached on claims of colonial crimes
- Parliamentary Guard goes to Penang to arrest him
- trial takes a pretty long time
- ends with his acquittal
- but he is financially ruined and his kingdom has collapsed
- Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald, 1854 (acquitted)
- for chemical warfare during British Wars > New Granadine War of Independence (1848-52)
- accused and charged of war crimes
- swift trial, acquitted
- Robert Taylor Pritchett, 1876-80 (acquitted)
- arms dealer to Richmondites during Liberty and Union War (1868-76)
- accused of treason and slaving for this by Heads of British Isles > 1876-1885 John Morley (Radical)
- acquitted after really long trial where new claims introduced because no smoking gun
- idk, 1899-1901
- Chief Secretary of Mercia [West Midlands]
- accused of aggressive use of force against strikers in Birmingham
- successfully prosecuted
- idk, 1916-7
- President of the Palm Oil Company
- accused of a number of atrocities in Niger River area through a private army
- convicted, state takes control of its affairs
- and a number of underlings prosecuted for atrocities
- William Francis Wood, 1938-40
- Governor-General of India
- for war crimes during British Wars > Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9)
- and to salvage reputation in India
- convicted for them
- idk, 1972-4 (acquitted)
- former British minister plenipotentiary to Bahrain
- accused of launching a coup as part of British neo-imperialism
- acquitted but very costly, reputation destroyed
- idk, 1991
- Chief Secretary of Prima
- accused of various pay-to-play allegations
- attempt to depose him in Prima's Legislative Assembly having failed
- succeeds and given more intense punishment than he otherwise would have