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Advocate-General Of Bengal
The Advocate-General of Bengal was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Bengal Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1765 to 1947. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the East India Company, the Advocate-General was the senior law officer of that company but was also the Attorney-General of the Sovereign of Great Britain. List of Advocates-General of Bengal ;East India Company *Sir John Day 1780– *Thomas Henry Davies 1786–?1792 * Sir William Burroughs, Bt 1792–1801 *Edward Strettell ?1803–c.1816 * Robert Cutlar Fergusson (acting) c.1817 *Robert Spankie 1817–?1823 * Robert Cutlar Fergusson 1823– * John Pearson 1824–1840 *(Sir) Lawrence Peel 1840–1842 (afterwards Chief Justice of Bengal, 1842) *John Edwardes Lyall 1842–?1845 (died of cholera, 1845) *Sir James William Colvile 1845–1848 (later Chief Justice of Bengal, 1855) * William Ritchie 1855–1861 ;Government of the United Kingdom *Thomas Hardwic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Advocate General Of Bengal
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John Edwardes Lyall
John Edwardes Lyall (1811 – 6 December 1845) was a British lawyer who was Advocate-General of Bengal. He was born the eldest son of George Lyall, Member of Parliament for the City of London and was educated at Eton College. His brother was George Lyall, the MP for Whitehaven. He entered Haileybury College to prepare for the service in the East India Company but instead left Haileybury to go Balliol College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford he was President of the Oxford Union for Trinity term, 1831. From Oxford he entered the Inner Temple to study law and after practicing in England for some years accepted the post of Advocate-General of Bengal The Advocate-General of Bengal was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Bengal Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1765 to 1947. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the East India Company, t ... in 1842. There he was popular for his efforts on behalf of the local population, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nripendra Nath Sircar
Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar, KCSI (died August 1945) was an Indian lawyer and political figure. He was Advocate-General of Bengal The Advocate-General of Bengal was charged with advising the Government of the British administered Bengal Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency existed from 1765 to 1947. Prior to 1858, when it was administered by the East India Company, t ... from 1928 to 1934 and Law Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India from 1934 to 1939. He was the grandson of educationist Peary Charan Sarkar and the father of filmmaker Birendranath Sircar. References * {{Who's Who, id=231810, surname=Sircar, othernames=Sir Nripendra Nath, type=was Knights Bachelor Members of the Council of the Governor General of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Indian knights Presidency University, Kolkata alumni Members of Lincoln's Inn 20th-century Indian lawyers Advocates General for Indian states Bengali lawyers Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satish Ranjan Das
Satish Ranjan Das (1870–1928) was the Advocate-General of Bengal and later the Law Member of the Executive Council of the Viceroy; he was sometime treasurer of the Boy Scouts of Bengal and the Lodge of Good Fellowship, and a prominent member of the reformist Brahmo Samaj in Bengal. Das was part of a group of moderate Indian nationalists that sought to create a "British-style" public school in India, which ultimately led, after his death, to the creation of The Doon School. Early life and career After completing school and university education in England, Das returned to India in 1894. The idea of The Doon School originated from his participation in the"growing search for a national Indian identity." Although he died seven years before the school actually opened, Das and others in his informal group had lobbied for it during the 1920s. Das and the rest of the group envisaged an Indian school patterned on the British public school, which he felt had effectively trained youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha, Order of the Star of India, KCSI, His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC, King's Counsel, KC, (24 March 1863 – 4 March 1928) was a prominent British India lawyer and statesman. He was the first Governor of Bihar and Orissa Province, Bihar and Orissa, first Indian Advocate-General of Bengal, first Indian to become a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council and the first Indian to become a member of the British ministry. He is sometimes also referred as Satyendra Prasanno Sinha or Satyendra Prasad Sinha. Early life and education Sinha was born on 24 March 1863 in Raipur, Birbhum in Bengal Presidency, British India (now in West Bengal, India). His ancestor, Lalchand De, a businessman, came from Midnapore district, Midnapur in southern Bengal to Birbhum in south-western Bengal, sailing up the Ajoy, to Raipur, which is just south of Bolpur. Here he set up his new home, buying the zamindari of Raipur from the Chaudhuri of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Pugh Pugh
Lewis Pugh Evans Pugh (born Lewis Pugh Evans: 3 August 1837 – 6 January 1908) was a Welsh lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. Pugh was the son of John Evans of Lovesgrove Cardiganshire and his wife Elizabeth Pugh daughter of Lewis Pugh. He was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1862. In 1868 he changed his name to Pugh by royal licence when he inherited the estate of his uncle Lewis Pugh. He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Cardiganshire. In 1870, he was elected a member of the Aberystwyth School Board. At the 1880 general election Pugh was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire. His prolonged absences in India caused discontent locally. He held the seat until 1885. Pugh had a distinguished career as a lawyer in India, becoming Attorney General of Bengal. In 1905, he had the house built at Cymerau. He died at the age of 70. Pugh ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ritchie (barrister)
William Ritchie (1817–1862) was an English barrister, Advocate-General of Bengal from 1855 to 1862. Life William Ritchie was born at Southampton Row, London in 1817. His father John Ritchie was a Scottish-born merchant of Baltimore. His mother Charlotte Thackeray was aunt to William Makepeace Thackeray. The Thackeray family from Hadley had a long association with India, and her nephew was the novelist. Ritchie was educated at Eton College 1829 to 1835, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1835, graduating B.A. in 1839 and M.A. in 1842. After Cambridge, he entered the Inner Temple. He lived with his family in Albany Street, London while reading for the Bar. His father John was the director of a bank that failed in November 1841, causing the Ritchie family to leave for the continent, to escape creditors. Ritchie was called to the bar in 1842. He looked to the legal system of British India where he could earn an immediate income, rather than staying in Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James William Colvile
Sir James William Colvile (12 January 1810 – 6 December 1880) was a British lawyer, civil servant and then judge in India, and a judge on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the British colonies. Life He was born the eldest son of Andrew Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree and Crombie, Fife and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1834. He trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1835. He practised at Lincoln's Inn for ten years before being appointed Advocate General to the East India Company in 1845. He went to Calcutta and was appointed Puisne Judge to the Supreme Court of Bengal in 1848 and Chief Justice of Bengal in 1855. He was knighted in 1848. He was the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. He served in this office for two years, from 24 January 1857 to 24 January 1859. He was president of The Asiatic Society. He retired and returned to England in 1859. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Bengal
The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, was founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862, when the High Court of Calcutta was established by the Indian High Courts Act 1861. From 1774 to the arrival of Parliament's Bengal Judicature Act of 1781 in June 1782, the Court claimed jurisdiction over any person residing in Bengal, Bihar or Orissa. These first years were known for their conflict with the Supreme Council of Bengal over the Court's jurisdiction. The conflict came to an end with Parliament's passing of the Bengal Judicature Act of 1781 which restricted the Supreme Court's jurisdiction to either those who lived in Calcutta, or to any British Subject in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, thereby removing the Court's jurisdiction over any person residing in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The courthouse itself was a two storied building with Ionic columns and an urn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal (present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many years, the Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Viceroy of India and Calcutta was the de facto capital of India until 1911. The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in Mughal Bengal during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (HEIC), a British monopoly with a Royal Charter, competed with other European companies to gain influence in Bengal. After the decisive overthrow of the Nawab of Bengal in 1757 and the Battle of Buxar in 1764, the HEIC expanded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Peel
Sir Lawrence Peel (10 August 1799 – 1884) was a judge in India, Chief Justice of Bengal. Lawrence Peel was third son of Joseph Peel of Bowes Farm, Middlesex, who died in 1821, and Anne, second daughter of Jonathan Haworth of Harcroft, Lancashire. His father was younger brother of the first Sir Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ... (1750–1830), and he was thus first cousin of the statesman, the second Robert Peel, Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850). He was sent to Rugby School, Rugby in 1812, and removing to St John's College, Cambridge, graduated B.A. 1821 and M.A. 1824. After his call to the bar at the Middle Temple on 7 May 1824 he went the northern circuit, and attended the Lancaster, Preston, and Manchester sessions. He served as Advocate-General of Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pearson (advocate General)
John Pearson (25 December 1771 - 16 April 1841) was a British Barrister and Advocate-General of Bengal. Early life Pearson was the eldest child of Thomas Pearson Esq. (3 May 1732, Tettenhall, Staffordshire - 25 August 1796, Tattenhall, Staffordshire) of Tattenhall, Staffordshire, and his wife Elizabeth Leake (6 June 1743, Newport, Shropshire – 12 April 1832, Castle Cary, Somerset). He received the earlier education under Rev. Robert Dean and Ref. Mr. Lawson. After graduation from Wolverhampton Grammar School, he matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford on 24 October 1789. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 28 October 1790 and was called to the Bar in 1802. Pearson married Jane Elizabeth Matilda Hooke on 21 December 1802 and started practice as a barrister at Tettenhall and London. Career In April 1824 Pearson came to Calcutta with his family and was appointed as the Advocate-General of Bengal by the East India Company in place of Sergeant Robert Spankie. He was elected by an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
