Sir Samuel Romilly KC (1 March 1757 – 2 November 1818) was a British lawyer, Whig politician, abolitionist and legal reformer. Born in London of French...
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Henry Samuel Romilly, who had been seriously wounded while fighting in France. Romilly, the great-grandson of the legal reformer Sir Samuel Romilly, was...
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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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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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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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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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Peter Mark Roget (category Romilly family)
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: Charles Romilly (1808–1887), English cricketer and barrister Edward Romilly (1804–1870), English amateur cricketer...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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reformer Sir Samuel Romilly and Anne Garbett. His brothers were John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly (1802–1874); and fellow cricketers Edward Romilly (1804–1870)...
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about the Marshalsea in his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit. 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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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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degree in 1789. Having entered the Inner Temple he took the advice of Samuel Romilly, studied law on his own for a year, and then was taught by George Wood...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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the courts upheld the action of the House. Burdett's defence lawyer was Samuel Shepherd. In parliament Burdett denounced corporal punishment in the army...
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14 Gower Street Bloomsbury WC1E 6DP 1991 Sir Samuel Romilly (1757–1818) "Here Lived Sir Samuel Romilly Law Reformer" 21 Russell Square Bloomsbury WC1B...
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