Editing Julius Caesar (judge) (section)

==Career==
Caesar was noted for his persistent striving for advancement and for financial reward in the time of Queen Elizabeth. He was a general commissioner on piracy in October 1581. In 1583 he was counsel to the City of London and commissary of his friend [[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]], the [[Bishop of London]] in Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Essex.<ref name=HOP/> On 5 March 1584 he was awarded a law degree at Oxford, and became doctor of [[canon law]].<ref name=Alumni/> In 1584, he was appointed [[Judge of the High Court of Admiralty]] until 1605, and was an advocate of [[Doctors' Commons]] in 1586. In 1588 he became a [[Court of Chancery|master in chancery]]. He was elected MP for [[Reigate (UK Parliament constituency)|Reigate]] in 1589. He became [[Bencher]] of the [[Inner Temple]] in 1590 and was [[Master of Requests (England)|Master of Requests]] Extraordinary of [[Court of Requests]] in 1591.  He became [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] from 1592 and was governor of mineral and battery works in 1593. Also in 1593 he was elected MP for [[Bletchingley (UK Parliament constituency)|Bletchingley]]. He was treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1593. He became Master of Requests Ordinary of Court of Requests in 1595 and Master of [[St Katharine's by the Tower|St Katherine's Hospital]] in 1596. In 1597 he was elected MP for [[Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)|Windsor]] and was re-elected MP for Windsor in 1601.<ref name=HOP/>

Queen Elizabeth, on her way to [[Nonsuch Palace]], paid him a visit at his house at [[Mitcham]] on 12 September 1598.<ref>Sarah Williams, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'' (London, 1861), p. 19.</ref> She spent the night of the 12th there, and dined with him the next day.<ref name="DNB">{{DNBfirst|wstitle=Cæsar, Julius (1558-1636)|first=James McMullen |last=Rigg |volume=8 |pages=204–207}}</ref>

In the reign of King James, Caesar acquired extensive property, particularly in Hertfordshire, and achieved greater influence and political importance. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] at [[Greenwich]] by [[James VI and I|King James]] in May 1603. He also became ecclesiastical commissioner for the [[Province of Canterbury]] in 1603. In 1606 he was elected MP for [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]]. He was [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer]] from 1606 to 1614. In 1607 he was appointed to the [[Privy Council of England|Privy Council]]. In 1614 he was appointed [[Master of the Rolls]], an office which he held till his death in 1636. He was re-elected MP for Middlesex in 1614.  In 1621 he became first commissioner for the great seal and was elected MP for [[Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)|Maldon]]. He was commissioner to inquire into operation of the poor law from 1631 to 1633.<ref name=HOP/>