John Dolben was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 barrister

Barrister

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 and politician

Politician

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.

Life

Dolben was the son of John Dolben

John Dolben

John Dolben was an English priest and Church of England bishop and archbishop.-Life:He was the son of William Dolben , prebendary of Lincoln and bishop-designate of Gloucester. He was educated at Westminster School under Richard Busby and at Christ Church, Oxford. He fought on the Royalist side at...

, Archbishop of York.
He studied at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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.
He was a barrister of the Temple, London.

He was the member of Parliament

Parliament of Great Britain

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 for Liskeard

Liskeard

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 from 1707 to 1710 and manager of William Sacheverell

William Sacheverell

William Sacheverell was an English statesman.He was the son of Henry Sacheverell, a country gentleman. His family had been prominent in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire since the 12th century, the name appearing as Sent Cheveroll in the roll of Battle Abbey; William inherited large estates from his...

's impeachment

Impeachment

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 in 1709.

He is also famous for his insult of the philosopher Socrates

Socrates

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, whom he called "the worst thinker God has ever produced".