Sir Joseph Arnould (12 November 1813 – 16 February 1886) was a writer and British judge in India.

Life

Born at Camberwell, he was the only son of Dr. Joseph Arnould and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Baily. He was the great uncle of the actor, Laurence Olivier. He was educated at Charterhouse School and then

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1836. Five years later, Arnould was called to the bar by the

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. For some time he wrote articles for the

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and in 1848 he published his first book. Arnould was appointed puisne judge at the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay in 1859, whereas he was created a

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. In 1862, as the Bombay High Court was inaugurated, he became one of its first judges. Arnould presided in the 1862

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and the 1866 Aga Khan case and retired three years later in 1869. A close friend of the poet Robert Browning, he won himself the Newdigate Prize, awarded by the

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in 1834. During his time with the Middle Temple, Arnould befriended also and shared rooms with

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. In January 1841, he married Maria, daughter of H. G. Ridgway. She died in 1859 and Arnould married a second time in the following year. Arnould lived at White Cross House in

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, near Wallingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). During his retirement, he moved to Italy and died at

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on 16 November 1886. The Arnould Scholarship at the

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was named in his honour.

Family

He was married twice: first, in 1841, to Maria, eldest daughter of H. G. Ridgeway; and, secondly, in 1860, to Ann Pitcairn, daughter of Major Carnegie, C.B.

Works

*''Law of Marine Insurance'' (1848) *''The Judgement in the Khoja Case'' (1866) *''Memoir of Thomas, First Lord Denman, Formerly Lord Chief Justice of England'' (1873)

References

;Attribution

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnould, Joseph 1813 births 1886 deaths Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford Judges of the Bombay High Court Knights Bachelor Members of the Middle Temple People educated at Charterhouse School People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire