Richard Bligh (1780-1838) was a chancery barrister. The son of John Bligh and a cousin of Admiral William Bligh,[1] he was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1803 and M.A. in 1806.[2] He was called to the bar by the Society of the Inner Temple on 1 May 1807[3] and was admitted to the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 17 November 1826.[4] He became an equity draftsman at the chancery bar. He was a hard worker, and had a fair amount of practice in his profession; but a considerable amount of his time was taken up by reporting in the House of Lords, in which business he was engaged for several years.[2]
Works edit
His works, in the order of their publication, are:
- A Report of the Case of Bills of Exchange made payable at Bankers, as decided in the House of Lords. London. 1821.
- Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error. 10 vols. 1823.[2][5]
- A Digest of the Bankrupt Law. 1832.[2][6]
- Bellum Agrarium; a Foreview of the Winter of 1835, suggested by the Poor Law Project, with observations on the Report and the Bill. 1834.
- Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy. 1835. Bligh was aided in this work by Basil Montagu.[2]
References edit
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mew, James (1886). "Bligh, Richard (1780-1838?)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 218.- Venn and Venn (eds). "Bligh, Richard". Alumni Cantabrigienses. Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900. Part 1. Cambridge University Press. 1940. Reprinted 2011. Page 298.
- Frederic H Forshall. "Richard Bligh". Westminster School: Past and Present. Wyman & Sons. Great Queen Street, London. 1884. Pages 292 and 293.
- Joseph Welch. "R Bligh". The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster. G W Ginger. London. 1852. Page 452. See also page 451.
- Thompson Cooper. "Bligh, Richard". A Biographical Dictionary. George Bell & Sons. York Street, Covent Garden, London. 1890. Volume 1. Page 238. A New Biographical Dictionary. Macmillan and Co. New York. 1874. Page 238.
- Marvin. Legal Bibliography. 1847. Page 130.
- Survey of London. Volume 24. Page 81.
- "Bligh, Richard (BLH799R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. Errata. 1904. Page 29.
- ^ a b c d e Mew, James (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 218.
- ^ James Whishaw. "Bligh, Richard". A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar. Stevens and Sons. A Maxwell. London. 1835. Page 17. See also page 177.
- ^ The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Volume 2: Admissions 1800 to 1893 and Chapel Register. 1896. Page 121.
- ^ For reviews of these reports, see "Law Reporting" (1831) 2 The Legal Observer 34 (21 May 1831); "Law Reporting" (1831) 3 The Legal Observer 128 (24 December 1831); and "English Law Reporting" (1831) 3 United States Law Intelligencer and Review 341 (September 1831). For a list of volumes, see Catalogue of the Library of the Great Seal Patent Office, Titles, 1857, p 179. For further commentary on these reports, see Fox, A Handbook of English Law Reports, 1913, pp 11 & 12.
- ^ For a review of this book, see "Notices of New Books" (1832) 4 The Legal Observer 39 (19 May 1832)