John Raithby (1766–1826), lawyer, born in 1766, was eldest son of Edmund Raithby of

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. On 26 January 1795 he was admitted a member of

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, and was subsequently

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. He practised in the

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. His legal writings obtained for him a commissionership of bankruptcy; he was also nominated a sub-commissioner on the public records. Raithby died at The Grove,

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, on 31 August 1826, leaving a widow. Raithby published anonymously, in 1798, ''The Study and Practice of the Law, considered in their various relations to society'',

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, an ably written treatise, for some time attributed to

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. An American edition appeared at

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, in 1806, and the second English edition was issued at

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in 1816, with the author's name. With Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Raithby issued a new edition of the ''

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, from Magna Charta to the Union, 41 Geo. III'', 10 vols.

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, 1811 (also in 20 vols. 8vo, 1811). Tomlins co-operated in the edition down to 49 Geo. III, when he relinquished the task to Raithby and Nicholas Simons. Raithby compiled a useful index to the work, "from Magna Charta to 49 Geo. III", which appeared in 1814, in 1 vol. 4to and in 3 vols. 8vo. He likewise compiled alphabetical and chronological indexes to the '' Statutes of the Realm'', which were published by the

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in 1824 and 1828,

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. Raithby also wrote: ''The Law and Principle of Money considered'', 8vo, London, 1811; and ''Henry Bennet: a Novel'', 3 vols.

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, London.

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