Henry Roscoe (17 April 1800 – 25 March 1836) was an English barrister, legal

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Life

The youngest son of

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, he was born at

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, near

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, on 17 April 1800. He was educated by private tutors, and in 1817 was articled to Messrs. Stanistreet & Eden, solicitors, Liverpool. In January 1819 he moved to London and began studying for the bar, almost supporting himself by literary work. He was called to the bar at the

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in February 1826, and then practised in the northern circuit and at the Liverpool and Chester sessions. He was also assessor to the mayor's court, Liverpool, and a member of the municipal corporation's commission. He died at

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, near Liverpool, on 25 March 1836.

Works

Roscoe wrote ''Lives of Eminent British Lawyers'' (1830), as one of the volumes of '' Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia'', and ''The Life of William Roscoe'' (2 vols. 1833). His legal treatises were: * ''A Treatise on the Law of Actions relating to Real Property'', 1825, 2 vols. * ''Digest of the Law of Evidence on the Trials of Actions at Nisi Prius'', 1827. * ''A Digest of the Law Relating to Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bankers' Checks'', 1829. * ''Digest relating to Offences against the Coin'', 1832. * ''General Digest of Decisions in the Courts for 1834, 1835, and 1836'', 3 vols. * ''Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases'', 1835. Several of these works were often reprinted. He also brought out an edition of Roger North's ''Lives'' (1826, 3 vols), and was the joint editor of ''Price's Exchequer Reports'' for 1834–35.

Family

By his marriage, on 29 October 1831, to

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, second daughter of Thomas Fletcher and granddaughter of William Enfield, he had a son

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, and a daughter Harriet, who married Edward Enfield. Roscoe's widow, who died in April 1885, aged 86, published in 1868 ''Vittoria Colonna: her Life and Times'' about the Italian noblewoman and poet.

References

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