- John Bell (barrister)
John Bell (
1764 -February 6 ,1836 ) was an Englishbarrister and equity lawyer.Born in
Kendal ,Westmoreland , Bell was educated atTrinity College, Cambridge , graduatingsenior wrangler in 1786 and becoming a fellow. He enteredGray's Inn in 1789, a pupil ofSamuel Romilly , and was called to the bar in 1792. He enteredLincoln's Inn in 1797, became a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1813 and became King's Counsel in 1816.Despite being a notoriously poor speaker, he attained distinction as an equity lawyer at the
Court of Chancery .Lord Eldon called him the best equity lawyer in England, though he could "neither read, write, walk, nor talk". Bell gave extended evidence to the Chancery Commissioners in 1824-5, and published "Thoughts on Alterations in the Court of Chancery" in 1830. Amongst his professional pupils was Henry Bickersteth, laterMaster of the Rolls and created Lord Langdale.External links
*J. M. Rigg, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2015 ‘Bell, John (1764–1836)’] , rev. Beth F. Wood, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 May 2007
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