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1ST BARON JOHN ROMILLY ROMILLY (1802-...

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 686 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:JOHN See also:ROMILLY ROMILLY (1802-1874)  , See also:English See also:judge, was the second son of See also:Sir See also:Samuel See also:Romilly, and was See also:born on the loth of See also:January 1802 . He was educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and was called to the See also:bar at See also:Gray's See also:Inn in 1827 . He first entered See also:parliament in 1832 as member for See also:Bridport, and in 1843 he became a See also:queen's counsel . He was elected M.P. for See also:Devonport in 1847, and was appointed See also:solicitor-See also:general in 1848 in See also:Lord See also:John See also:Russell's See also:administration and See also:attorney-general in 185o . In 1851 he was appointed See also:master of the rolls, and continued to sit for Devonport till the general See also:election in 1852, when he was defeated . He was the last master of the rolls to sit in parliament . Romilly was raised to the See also:peerage as See also:Baron Romilly of See also:Barry in i866, and retired from the mastership of the rolls in 1873 . He did much See also:poll for the See also:city of See also:Westminster . He did not See also:long survive his to remove the restrictions which had long hampered See also:research among the public records and See also:state papers . Lord Romilly died in .See also:London on the 23rd of See also:December 1874 .

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