See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• ROMILLY, JOHN ROMILLY, 1ST BARON (1802-1874)
• SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY (1757-1818)

ROMILLY (1757-1818)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English legal reformer, was the second son of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter See also:

• ROMILLY, JOHN ROMILLY, 1ST BARON (1802-1874)
• ROMILLY, SIR SAMUEL (1757-1818)

Romilly, a watchmaker and jeweller in See also:

• LONDON

London, whose See also:

• FATHER

father had emigrated from See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier after the revocation of the See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict of See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, and who had married See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret Garnault, a Huguenot refugee like himself, but of a far wealthier See also:

• FAMILY

family . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Romilly was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• FRITH (or FRYTH), JOHN (c. 1503-1533)
• FRITH, WILLIAM POWELL (1818-19og)

Frith See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, Soho, on the 1st of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1757 . He served for a 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 in his father's See also:

• SHOP

shop; but his See also:

• EDUCATION

education was not neglected, and he became a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and particularly conversant with See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French literature . A See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy of £2000 from one of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's relations led to his being. articled to a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor and clerk in See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of qualifying himself to See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase the 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 of one of the six clerks in chancery . In 1778, however, he determined to go to the See also:

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

bar, and entered himself at See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn . He went to See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva in 1781, where he made the acquaintance of the See also:

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

chief democratic leaders, including See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

Etienne See also:

• DUMONT
• DUMONT, ANDRE HUBERT (1809-1857)
• DUMONT, FRANCOIS (1751-1831)
• DUMONT, JEAN (d. 1726)
• DUMONT, PIERRE ETIENNE LOUIS (1759-1829)

Dumont . Called to the bar in 1783, he went the See also:

• MID

mid-See also:

• LAND

land See also:

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

circuit, but was chiefly occupied with chancery practice . On the publication of See also:

• MADAN, MARTIN (1726-1790)

Madan's Thoughts on Executive See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice, advocating the increase of See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital punishments, he at once wrote and published in 1786 Observations on Madan's See also:

• BOOK

book . Of more See also:

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

general See also:

• INTEREST

interest is his intimacy with the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau, to whom he was introduced in 1784 . Mirabeau saw him daily for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long time and introduced him to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• LANSDOWNE
• LANSDOWNE, WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1737-18o5)

Lansdowne, who highly appreciated him, and, when Mirabeau became a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, it was to Romilly that he applied for an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure used in the English 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 visited See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1789, and studied the course of the Revolution there; and in 1790 he published his Thoughts on the Probable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

Influence of the See also:

• LATE

Late Revolution in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France upon Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, a See also:

• WORK

work of great See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . His practice at the chancery bar continued largely to increase, and in 'Soo he was made a K.C .

In 1798 he married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, daughter of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Garbett of Knill See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, See also:

• HEREFORDSHIRE

Herefordshire; and in 18o5 he was appointed See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham . His great abilities were thoroughly recognized by the Whig party, to which he attached himself; and in 18o6, on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of " All the Talents " to office, he was offered the See also:

• POST

post of solicitor-general, although he had never sat in the House of Commons . He accepted the office, and was knighted and brought into See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for See also:

• QUEENBOROUGH

Queenborough . He went out of office with the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but remained in the House of Commons, sitting successively for See also:

• HORSHAM

Horsham, See also:

• WAREHAM

Wareham and See also:

• ARUNDEL
• ARUNDEL, EARLDOM OF
• ARUNDEL, EARLS OF
• ARUNDEL, THOMAS (1353-1414)

Arundel . It was now that See also:

• SIR

Sir Samuel Romilly commenced the greatest labour of his See also:

• LIFE

life, his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to reform the criminal 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 of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, then at once cruel and illogical . By See also:

• STATUTE

statute law innumerable offences were punished by See also:

• DEATH

death, but, as such wholesale executions would be impossible, the larger number of those convicted and sentenced to death at every assizes were respited, after having heard the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of death solemnly passed upon them . This led to many acts of injustice, as the lives of the convicts depended on the caprice of the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, while at the same time it made the whole See also:

• SYSTEM

system of punishments and of the criminal law ridiculous . Romilly saw this, and in 18o8 he managed to See also:

• REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal the Elizabethan statute, which made it a capital offence to steal from the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . This success, however, raised opposition, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year three bills repealing equally sanguinary statutes were thrown out by the House of Lords under the influence of Lord See also:

• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1ST BARON (1750-1818)
• ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, EARL OF (1790-1871)

Ellenborough . Year after year the same influence prevailed, and Romilly saw his bills rejected; but his patient efforts and his eloquence ensured victory eventually for his cause by opening the eyes of Englishmen to the barbarity of their criminal law . The only success he had was in securing the repeal, in 1812, of a statute of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth making it a capital offence for a soldier or a mariner to beg without a pass from a See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate or his commanding officer . Sir Samuel Romilly's efforts made his name famous not only in England but all over See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and in 1818 he had the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being returned at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph .

On the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1818 See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Romilly died in the Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's grief was intense, and he committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide in a See also:

• FIT

fit of temporary See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

insanity on the 2nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . No See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of his time was more loved than Sir Samuel Romilly; his singularly sweet nature, his upright manliness, his eloquence and his great efforts on behalf of humanity secured him permanent fame . See the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly written by himself, with a selection from his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence, edited by his Sons (3 vols., 184o) ; The Speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons (2 vols., 182o) ; " Life and Work of Sir Samuel Romilly," by Sir W . J . See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins, in Trans. of the Huguenot Society (1908) . ROMILLY-SUR-See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

SEINE, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-central France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• AUBE

Aube, a mile from the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Seine and 24 M . N.W. of See also:

• TROYES

Troyes, on the Paris-See also:

• BELFORT
• BELFORT, TERRITOIRE
• BELFORT, TERRITORY OF

Belfort See also:

• LINE

line . Pop . (1906) 9777 . Romilly is an important See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial town, with extensive manufactures of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and woollen See also:

• HOSIERY

hosiery, and of the See also:

• SPECIAL

special machinery and appliances required for the See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . The Eastern Railway See also:

• COMPANY

Company has large workshops here .