See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• SIR WILLIAM BOVILL (1814-1873)

BOVILL (1814-1873)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, a younger son of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• BOVILL, SIR WILLIAM (1814-1873)

Bovill, of See also:

• WIMBLEDON

Wimbledon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Allhallows, See also:

• BARKING

Barking, on the 26th of May 1814 . On leaving school he was articled to a See also:

• FIRM

firm of solicitors, but entering the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple he practised for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as a See also:

• SPECIAL

special pleader below the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . He was called in 1841 and joined the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit . His special training in a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and its resulting connexion, combined with a thorough knowledge of the details of See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, acquired through his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in a manufacturing firm in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east end of See also:

• LONDON

London, soon brought him a very extensive patent and commercial practice . He became Q.C. in 1855, and in 1857 was elected M.P. for See also:

• GUILDFORD

Guildford . In the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons he was very zealous for legal reform, and the See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

Partnership See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1865, which he helped to pass, is always referred to as Bovill's Act . In 1866 he was appointed solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, an office which he vacated on becoming See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• COMMON

common pleas in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• SIR

Sir W . See also:

• ERIE

Erie in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same See also:

• YEAR

year . He died at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston, See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, on the 1st of November 1873 . As a See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister he was unsurpassed for his remarkable knowledge of commercial law; and when promoted to the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench his painstaking labour and unswerving uprightness, as well as his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PATIENCE

patience and See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy, gained for him the respect and See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the profession .