Romilly, Samuel 1757-1818

Overview

Works:	228 works in 657 publications in 2 languages and 11,164 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies Personal correspondence Trials, litigation, etc History Portraits Autobiographies Speeches
Roles:	Author, Translator, Other, Creator, Correspondent
Classifications:	K46, 343.0924

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Most widely held works about Samuel Romilly

Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly by Samuel Romilly( )
The speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of commons by Samuel Romilly( )
Three criminal law reformers: Beccaria, Bentham, Romilly by Coleman Phillipson( Book )
The life of Sir Samuel Romilly by Samuel Romilly( )
Romilly : a life of Sir Samuel Romilly, lawyer and reformer by Patrick Medd( Book )

The life and work of Sir Samuel Romilly by William J Collins( )
Sir Samuel Romilly, 1757-1818, "the friend of the oppressed"; his life and times--his work--his family and his friends by Cecil George Oakes( Book )
Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly : with a selection from his correspondence by Samuel Romilly( Book )
A digest of the bankrupt laws, or, Debtor and creditor's compendium : being a perspicuous arrangement and familiar explanation of all the laws, decisions, and proceedings, under a commission of bankrupt, from the act of bankruptcy to the final allowance of the certificate : including an abstract of Sir S. Romilly's late act : with an appendix of precedents, bills of costs, a copious index, &c. &c. by John Paul( )
Statement of the bankrupt laws : including the substance of the last act (49 George III.) to alter and amend the laws relating to bankrupts, commonly called "Sir Samuel Romilly's Act."( )
An eulogium on Sir Samuel Romilly by Benjamin Constant( )
The speech of Henry Earl of Carhampton, in the Court of Chancery, on Saturday, the 9th of December, 1815 : upon a motion to vary in toto the minutes of an order, made by the chancellor on the 15th July last, in the cause of Byam versus Lawley, as being obtained by surprise, and by a misrepresentation of facts, comprised in a speech of Sir Samuel Romilly on that day : as taken in short hand, and reported in "The Observer" of the 17th of July, and also in the various morning papers by Henry Lawes Luttrell Carhampton( )
Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly : written by himself, with a selection from his correspondence by Samuel Romilly( )
Appendix to Mr. Brougham's letter : containing minutes of evidence taken before the education committee by Henry BROUGHAM( Book )
The speech of Sir Samuel Romilly : in the House of Commons, on the twenty-eighth of June, 1814, on that article in the treaty of peace which relates to the slave trade by Samuel Romilly( Book )
The life and work of Sir Samuel Romilly : by Sir William J. Collins by William J Collins( )
Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly by Samuel Romilly( )
The life of Sir Samuel Romilly by Samuel Romilly( )
Memoirs of the life of Sir Samuel Romilly by Samuel Romilly( )
The speech of Wm. Frankland, Esq., in the House of Commons on Friday, the 29th of March, 1811 : on the second reading of several bills, brought in by Sir Samuel Romilly, for making alterations in the criminal law by William Frankland( Book )

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Most widely held works by Samuel Romilly

Observations on the criminal law of England, as it relates to capital punishments, and on the mode in which it is administered by Samuel Romilly( )

36 editions published between 1810 and 1813 in English and held by 1,338 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A letter to Sir Samuel Romilly, M.P. from Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P.F.R.S. upon the abuse of charities by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux( )

39 editions published in 1818 in English and held by 680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Objections to the project of creating a vice chancellor of England by Samuel Romilly( )

14 editions published between 1812 and 1813 in English and held by 603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes of cases extracted from the manuscripts of Sir Samuel Romilly : with notes by Samuel Romilly( )

11 editions published between 1872 and 2010 in English and held by 527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus : to which are added several original papers relative to that institution by Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti Mirabeau( )

32 editions published between 1780 and 1977 in 3 languages and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The debate in the House of Commons, April 25, 1814, upon corruption of blood by Great Britain( )

3 editions published in 1814 in English and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations on a late publication, intituled, Thoughts on executive justice: to which is added, a letter containing remarks on the same work by Samuel Romilly( )

24 editions published between 1786 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Philosophical work on the excesses of executive justice and harsh punishment composed by English lawyer, reformist politician Samuel Romilly in response to Martin Madan's congratulatory Thoughts on Executive Justice (London, 1785). The "letter from a gentleman abroad" remains anonymous. Dated March 14, 1785, this letter was sent by Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Vaughan. Franklin, like Romilly, reacts strongly against Madan's support of executive justice, argues against retribution as the primary aim in a judicial system, and is particularly vehement in his opposition to disproportionate punishments, especially where the death penalty is exacted; "is not all punishment inflected beyond the merit of the offence, so much punishment of innocence?" (Bookseller description)

Hints for a reform in the criminal law : in a letter addressed to Sir Samuel Romilly by Late member of Parliament( )

7 editions published in 1811 in English and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly on the necessity of an immediate enquiry into the causes of delay in Chancery proceedings, and of arrears of appeals in the House of Lords by William Beckwith( )

5 editions published in 1810 in English and held by 259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A most interesting case proving the necessity of the bill now before Parliament for altering the bankrupt laws : in a letter addressed to Sir Samuel Romilly by George Baillie( )

8 editions published in 1809 in English and held by 257 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A letter to Sir Samuel Romilly : on the late decisions upon the omission of the word "signed" in the attestation to instruments executing powers, and on the act for amending the laws in that respect by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden( )

7 editions published in 1814 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A letter to a noble lord : from the author of Objections to the project of creating a vice chancellor of England by Samuel Romilly( )

6 editions published in 1813 in English and held by 231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The speech of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of Commons on the twenty-eighth June, 1814, on that article in the treaty of peace which relates to the slave trade by Samuel Romilly( )

6 editions published in 1814 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughts on the probable influence of the French Revolution on Great-Britain by Samuel Romilly( )

11 editions published between 1790 and 2012 in English and held by 163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The speech of Sir Samuel Romilly : in the House of Commons, on the twenty-eighth of June, 1814, on that article in the treaty of peace which relates to the slave trade by Samuel Romilly( )

3 editions published in 1814 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Five letters to Sir Samuel Romilly, M.P. on the subject of his motion respecting the penal laws by John Disney( )

3 editions published in 1810 in English and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An independent address to the electors of Bristol, upon the state of the representation of the people : with free remarks upon the present candidates, Sir Samuel Romilly, Edw. Protheroe, Esq., Richard Hart Davis, Esq., Henry Hunt, Esq. by C. H Walker( )

4 editions published in 1812 in English and held by 122 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tactique des assemblées législatives, suivie d'un traité des sophismes politiques: by Jeremy Bentham( Book )

12 editions published between 1816 and 1822 in French and held by 81 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The speeches of Sir Samuel Romilly in the House of commons by Samuel Romilly( )

3 editions published in 1820 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations d'un voyageur anglais, sur la maison de force appellée Bicêtre; suivies de réflexions sur les effets de la sévérité des peines, & sur la législation criminelle de la Grande-Bretagne by Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti Mirabeau( Book )

7 editions published in 1788 in French and held by 47 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Related Identities

Great Britain Court of Chancery
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham Baron 1778-1868 Author
Bentham, Jeremy 1748-1832 Author
Phillipson, Coleman 1875-1958 Author
Beccaria, Cesare marchese di 1738-1794
Great Britain Parliament House of Commons
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de 1749-1791 Author Editor Translator
Peter, William 1788-1853 Editor
Romilly, Edward 1838-1886 Author
Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas 1740?-1794 Other

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Bankruptcy Beccaria, Cesare,--marchese di, Bentham, Jeremy, Biography Capital punishment Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations Charities Charity-schools Commercial law Correctional law Court congestion and delay Courts Crime Criminal justice, Administration of Criminal law Criminal procedure Criminals Deeds Dei delitti e delle pene (Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di) Education England England--Bristol Equity France Great Britain Great Britain.--Court of Chancery Great Britain.--Parliament.--House of Lords Hospice de Bicêtre (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) Inheritance and succession Judges Justice, Administration of Law reform Law reports, digests, etc Lawyers Legislative bodies Legislators Parliamentary practice Political science Politics and government Poor Poor children--Education Poor--Education Prisons Public opinion Punishment Representative government and representation Romilly, Samuel, Slave trade Society of the Cincinnati Unworthiness of heirs

Alternative Names

Author of Objections to the project of creating a vice chancellor of England 1757-1818

Objections to the project of creating a vice chancellor of England, Author of 1757-1818

Romilly, Samuel 1757-1818 Sir

Romilly, Samuel Sir 1757-1818

Samuel Romilly britischer Anwalt und Politiker

Samuel Romilly British politician

Samuel Romilly Brits politicus (1757-1818)

Samuel Romilly polític britànic

Samuel Romilly politicien britannique

Samuel Romilly político británico

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Languages

English (348)

French (20)