appointed Solicitor-General on 6 September, and on 15 April 1844 he succeeded Sir Frederick Pollock as Attorney-General. Follett never gave up his private practice. He was best known for defending James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan in 1841 after a duel with Captain Harvey Tuckett, and representing George Chapple Norton in an action against Lord Melbourne in 1836. His speech in the latter case was parodied in the Pickwick Papers (1837). Death and legacy Follett was first ill in December 1835 and April 1836. He collapsed in February 1839 and could not return to work until later that year. He collapsed again in April 1844 and he was compelled to relinquish legal practice and to visit the south of Europe to recuperate. He returned to England in March 1845, but the tuberculosis, with which he had previously been diagnosed, reasserted itself and he died at Croker's house, 9 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London on 28 June 1845. He was buried in the Temple Church in London on 4 July. A statue of Follett executed by William Behnes was erected by subscription and placed in the north transept at Westminster Abbey. His marble bust by Edward Bowring Stephens exists in the Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter. References External links 1796 births 1845 deaths Attorneys General for England and Wales 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis English barristers Tuberculosis deaths in England Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Exeter Solicitors General for England and Wales UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 Knights Bachelor Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple