amelioration of the British criminal law. Romilly was born in Frith Street, Soho, London, the second son of Peter Romilly, a watchmaker and jeweller, and his...

Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram Henry Samuel Romilly, who had been seriously wounded while fighting in France. Romilly was from a distinguished landowning...

Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (19 September 1916 – 2 August 1967) was a British communist journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and...

Romilly is a surname, and may refer to: Edward Romilly (1804–1870), an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1831, and...

Roget was called by the family to the home of Samuel Romilly following the death of his wife, Lady Romilly. Roget's uncle and surrogate father committed...

Isaac Romilly (c.1710–1759) was an English businessman of Huguenot background, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was the son of Etienne Romilly, a French...

Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-1-902930-29-9 Romilly, Samuel (1820), The Speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons: in two volumes, London:...

second son of the legal reformer Sir Samuel Romilly. The Romilly family were of French Huguenot descent. Lord Romilly's great-grandson, the fourth Baron (the...

Gibbs 1805–1806 Sir Samuel Romilly 1806–1807 Sir Thomas Plumer 1807–1812 Sir William Garrow 1812–1813 Sir Robert Dallas 1813 Sir Samuel Shepherd 1813–1817...

John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly PC (20 January 1802 – 23 December 1874), known as Sir John Romilly between 1848 and 1866, was an English Whig politician...

foul of Sir Samuel Romilly, who was one of those looking to reform a penal code many claimed was not working. On 5 April 1813, Romilly's Bill on Attainder...

office 1807–1818 Preceded by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Succeeded by Samuel Romilly Personal details Born 14 December 1775 Annsfield, Lanarkshire Died 31...

none seem to have been as close to him as Lord Shelburne and Sir Samuel Romilly. Romilly was introduced to Mirabeau by Sir Francis D'Ivernois, who undertook...

prosecution of John Binns for sedition. Binns, who was defended by Samuel Romilly, was found not guilty. The fees from his legal practice allowed Perceval...

his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit about the Marshalsea. Samuel Romilly managed to repeal the death penalty for theft in 1806, but repealing...

offences were actually executed. About 75% of hangings were for theft. Sir Samuel Romilly, speaking to the House of Commons on capital punishment in 1810, declared...

Attorney General Sir Arthur Piggott 12 February 1806 Solicitor General Sir Samuel Romilly 12 February 1806 Judge Advocate General Nathaniel Bond 8 March 1806...

his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit about the Marshalsea. Samuel Romilly managed to repeal the death penalty for theft in 1806, but repealing...

lithographic artist Alfred Concanen had a studio at no. 12 for many years. Samuel Romilly, the legal reformer, was born at no. 18 in 1757, and the young Wolfgang...

Harris Tory 1806 Francis John Wilder Whig Love Jones-Parry Whig 1807 Sir Samuel Romilly Whig 1808 Joseph Marryat Tory Henry Goulburn Tory 1812 Arthur Piggott...

was taken out for transfer to Newgate were consistent with this mood; Samuel Romilly, the law reformer and MP for Wareham, heard from the assembled crowd...

Note (1818): Poll 15 days; 10,277 voted. (Source: Stooks Smith) Death of Romilly 2 November 1818 Note (1819): Poll 15 days. (Source: Stooks Smith) Note...

powers of the monarch. Whigs in attendance included George Tierney and Samuel Romilly. Other guests included George's old friend Beau Brummell, the last time...

Club (MCC). Romilly was a younger son of Sir Samuel Romilly and Anne, daughter of Francis Garbett, of Knill Court, Herefordshire. Lord Romilly was his elder...

common law, ignorant of the court's workings, but some, such as Sir Samuel Romilly, had trained as a Chancery advocate and were well aware of the Chancery's...

Charlotte Carnegie (1850–1907), who married Samuel Romilly, DL, the paternal grandson of Samuel Romilly and maternal grandson of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound...

published in London in November that year. An English translation by Samuel Romilly followed, of which an American edition was published in 1786. Following...

general election. The oldest serving MP whose exact dates are known was Samuel Young (1822–1918), who was MP for East Cavan from 1892 (when aged 70), until...

of the Rolls, Sir James Eyre, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Samuel Romilly, a noted law reformer. In 1780 the Inn was involved in the case of R...

Jane (c. 1823 – 18 Jan. 1892), who married Lt.-Col. Frederick Romilly, son of Samuel Romilly. They had issue. Lt-Col. Hon. Gilbert (23 May 1826 – 25 May...