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Biography of Samuel Romilly
Name: Samuel Romilly
Birth Date: March 1, 1757
Death Date: November 2, 1818
Place of Birth: London, United Kingdom
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: barrister, civil servant
Samuel Romilly
English lawyer and law reformer Sir Samuel Romilly (1757- 1818) divided his time between the law and public service. He served as chancellor of Durham from 1805 to 1815 and was a member of Parliament beginning in 1806. A supporter of the social and political views of the Swiss Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Romilly devoted his life to advocating on behalf of the lower classes and worked to reform England's criminal law by abolishing capital punishment for minor crimes.Inspired by French AncestryBorn in London, England, on March 1, 1757, Romilly was the second son born to Peter and Margaret (Garnault) Romilly. Both of Romilly's parents hailed from French families whose members had fled France for England after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by French King Louis XIV in 1685. The wealth of the Garnault family allowed Margaret Romilly and her family, now newly of London, to live in comfort while her husband established a business …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…the death penalty. Many of Romilly's proposed changes in English law were made later in the 19th century during the reign of Queen Victoria. Romilly's second son, John, Baron Romilly, followed in his father's footsteps, becoming solicitor general in 1848 at age 46 and attorney-general in 1850. Further Reading Collins, W. J., Life and Work of Sir Samuel Romilly, Huguenot Society, 1908.Romilly, Samuel, Thoughts on the Criminal Law of England as It Relates to Capital Punishments, and on the Mode in Which It Is Administered, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1810.--, The speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons, 2 volumes, James Ridgway & Sons, 1820.--, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, 3 volumes, [London, England], 1840.The Speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons, 2 volumes [London, England], 1820.United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 27, 1851.Reading Romilly Association Web site, http://www.rdg.ac.uk/romilly/Aboutus/sirsromilly.htm (May 27, 2003).
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