Charles Sprengel Greaves MA QC (1802–1881), eldest son of William Greaves MD (1771–1848) of

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, by his first wife, Anne-Lydia, was born at Burton on 18 July 1802.Rupert Simms. Bibliotheca Staffordiensis. Printed for the compiler by A C Lomax. Lichfield. 1894
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. "Greaves, Charles Sprengel". Modern English Biography: A – H. Netherton and Worth. 1892. Page 1872

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He entered

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on 18 July 1816 and

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on 27 February 1819, graduating BA on 25 November 1823University of Oxford. A Catalogue of all Graduates. 1851
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(in the lower portion of the second class in

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) and MA on 13 April 1825. Greaves was

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by the Society of

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on 22 November 1827,James Wishaw. A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar. Stevens and Sons. A Maxwell. London. 1835
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The listing is explained on pages ix and x. entered the

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in 1828, Joseph Foster. Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. 1887. Volume 2
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and attended the

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and Gloucester Sessions. He became Queen's counsel on 28 February 1850, but by then he had for many years ceased to practise.(1881) 25 Solicitors Journal and Reporter 622 at 62

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of Lincoln's Inn on 15 April 1850. He was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Staffordshire, and also a magistrate for the county of Derby.(1881) 71 Law Times and Journal of Property 105
/ref> He was the draftsman of the

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and the

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. He became a Secretary to the Criminal Law Commission in 1878. He died at 11 Blandford Square, London, on 3 June 1881. On 11 February 1841 he married Emma Frances TysonSir Bernard Burke. "Greaves, Charles Sprengel" in ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland''. Fifth Edition. Harrison. London. 1871. Volume 1
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(d. 1880), daughter of William Tyson of Ashbourne by his wife Lucia-Elizabeth. Greaves edited the third and fourth editions of

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and was, in this capacity, "a distinguished writer" on the subject of criminal law. He was the author of: *''The Act for Conviction of Juvenile Offenders, 11 Vict. c. 82'', London, 1847, 12mo. By 1870, Greaves' Treatise on the Juvenile Offenders Act was not only out of print, but had to some extent been rendered obsolete by the passing of Jervis' and other Acts. *Lord Campbell's Acts for the further improving the Administration of Justice, London, 1851, r 8vo Kirk, John Foster. "Greaves, Charles Sprengel". A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. J B Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. 1899. Volume 1
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*The Criminal Law Consolidation and Amendment Acts of the 24 and 25 of Victoria, London, 1861, 12mo, 2nd ed, 1862, Post 8vo *''The Proper Time for the Publication of Banns of Matrimony, in the Morning Service'', London, 1867, 8vo *A Review of the Statutes, Rubrics and Cannons relating to Clerical Vestments, London, 1867, 8vo. Greaves was, with James John Lonsdale, joint author of ''A Letter to the Lord Chancellor'', London, 1854, 8vo. Greaves was a man "of high legal attainments" and was "known as a gentleman of great learning, ability, and research". Greaves was a "splendid polymath". He was an antiquarian. He was a member of the Archaeological Institute and the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.(1891) Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Volume 13. Page 221

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References

*Kelly's Handbook to the Upper Ten Thousand. Kelly and Company. 1878. Page 246

*(1881) 6 The Law Magazine and Review 394

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Correspondence and Other Papers of Charles Sprengel Greaves Q.C.
Greaves, Charles Sprengel. The National Archives.
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