Sir Samuel Romilly (1 March 1757 – 2 November 1818), was a British lawyer, politician and legal reformer. From a background in the commercial world, he...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram Henry Samuel Romilly, who had been seriously wounded while fighting in France. Romilly was from a distinguished landowning...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (19 September 1916 – 2 August 1967) was a British communist journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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office 1807–1818 Preceded by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Succeeded by Samuel Romilly Personal details Born 14 December 1775 Annsfield, Lanarkshire Died 31...
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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...
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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...
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Attorney General Sir Arthur Piggott 12 February 1806 Solicitor General Sir Samuel Romilly 12 February 1806 Judge Advocate General Nathaniel Bond 8 March 1806...
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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...
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his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit about the Marshalsea. Samuel Romilly managed to repeal the death penalty for theft in 1806, but repealing...
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his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit about the Marshalsea. Samuel Romilly managed to repeal the death penalty for theft in 1806, but repealing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Charlotte Carnegie (1850–1907), who married Samuel Romilly, DL, the paternal grandson of Samuel Romilly and maternal grandson of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound...
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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...
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published in London in November that year. An English translation by Samuel Romilly followed, of which an American edition was published in 1786. Following...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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