John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
- John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly (20 January 1802 – 23 December 1874) was an English judge.
Early life
Born in London, the second son of Sir Samuel Romilly.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1827.
Career
He first entered Parliament in 1832 as member for Bridport (holding the seat from 1832-1835 and 1846-1847), and in 1843 he became a Queen's Counsel.
He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Devonport in 1847, and was appointed solicitor-general in 1848 in Lord John Russell's administration and attorney-general in 1850.
In 1851 he was appointed Master of the Rolls, and continued to sit for Devonport till the general election in 1852, when he was defeated. He was the last Master of the Rolls to sit in Parliament.
Later life
Romilly was raised to the peerage as Baron Romilly of Barry in 1866, and retired from the mastership of the rolls in 1873. He did much to remove the restrictions which had long hampered research among the public records and state papers.
Lord Romilly died in London on 23 December, 1874 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Personal life
His brother Frederick Romilly (22 March 1810 - 6 April 1887) sat as Liberal MP for Canterbury between March 1850 and the general election of 1852.
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