Portrait, oil on canvas, of Sir Samuel Romilly (1757–1818) by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
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 became well-connected, and rose to public office and a prominent position in Parliament. After an early interest in radical politics, he built a career in chancery cases, and then turned to amelioration of the British criminal law.
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...
Roget was called by the family to the home of SamuelRomilly following the death of his wife, Lady Romilly. Roget's uncle and surrogate father committed...
Lieutenant-Colonel Bertram Henry SamuelRomilly, who had been seriously wounded while fighting in France. Romilly was from a distinguished landowning...
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...
Giles Samuel Bertram Romilly (19 September 1916 – 2 August 1967) was a British communist journalist, Second World War POW, brother of Esmond Romilly, and...
foul of Sir SamuelRomilly, 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...
second son of the legal reformer Sir SamuelRomilly. The Romilly family were of French Huguenot descent. Lord Romilly's great-grandson, the fourth Baron (the...
injunction to dissolve the partnership, and appoint a receiver. Sir SamuelRomilly and Lord Eldon held that the court had no jurisdiction to interfere...
Gibbs 1805–1806 Sir SamuelRomilly 1806–1807 Sir Thomas Plumer 1807–1812 Sir William Garrow 1812–1813 Sir Robert Dallas 1813 Sir Samuel Shepherd 1813–1817...
Protestant descendant on his mother's side. Esmond Romilly, British socialist, anti-fascist SamuelRomilly (1757–1818), English legal reformer, Member of...
offences were actually executed. About 75% of hangings were for theft. Sir SamuelRomilly, speaking to the House of Commons on capital punishment in 1810, declared...
his novels David Copperfield and Little Dorrit about the Marshalsea. SamuelRomilly 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. SamuelRomilly, the legal reformer, was born at no. 18 in 1757, and the young Wolfgang...
Adolph Ribbing Carl Ritter Albert de Rocca Samuel Rogers Sarah Rogers, sister of Samuel Rogers Sir SamuelRomilly Elzéar de Sabran (1774-1846) Aleksander...
common law, ignorant of the court's workings, but some, such as Sir SamuelRomilly, had trained as a Chancery advocate and were well aware of the Chancery's...
in London November that year, an English translation carried out by SamuelRomilly followed, of which an American edition was published in 1786. Following...
was taken out for transfer to Newgate were consistent with this mood; SamuelRomilly, the law reformer and MP for Wareham, heard from the assembled crowd...
Club (MCC). Romilly was a younger son of Sir SamuelRomilly and Anne, daughter of Francis Garbett, of Knill Court, Herefordshire. Lord Romilly was his elder...
prosecution of John Binns for sedition. Binns, who was defended by SamuelRomilly, was found not guilty. The fees from his legal practice allowed Perceval...
Attorney General Sir Arthur Piggott 12 February 1806 Solicitor General Sir SamuelRomilly 12 February 1806 Judge Advocate General Nathaniel Bond 8 March 1806...
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