- Richard Barnewall
Richard Vaughan Barnewall (1779/1780 –
29 January ,1842 ) was an Englishlawyer andlaw report er.He was the fourth son of Robert, a
London merchant reputedly descended from fifteenth century Irish chief justice SirNicholas Barnewall , and Sophia, daughter of Captain Silvester Barnewall, himself uncle to Robert Barnewall. The Baronies of Trimlestown andKingsland were held by various members of his family.Rigg (2004)]Barnewall was a lifelong
Roman Catholic , educated atStonyhurst College and theUniversity of Edinburgh . A pupil ofRichard Blick , a notablespecial pleader , Barnewall wascalled to the bar at theInner Temple in 1806. He began his practice on the home circuit and at theSurrey quarter sessions .Barnewall is best remembered as a careful and accurate reporter of the
King's Bench , particularly in association with:
*Edward Hall Alderson , (1817-1822);
*SirCresswell Cresswell , (1822-1830); and
*John Leycester Adolphus , (1830-1834).Barnewell retired in 1834, having inherited property from the
baroness de Montesquieu . He died at his chambers at 13 King's Bench Walk, never having married, being buried inPaddington churchyard .References
Bibliography
*Obituaries:
**"Annual Register" (1842), 247–8
**"Gentleman's Magazine", 2nd ser., 17 (1842) 331–2----
* [Anon.] (1930) "Stonyhurst Magazine", 20(285), Feb
* cite book | author=Burke, B. | title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire | edition=new edn | year=1883 | pages=23–4
* cite book | author=Dodd, C. R. | title=The Annual Biography: Being Lives of Eminent or Remarkable Persons, Who have Died within the Year MDCCCXLII | year=1843 | pages=34–7
* cite book | author=Lodge, J. | title=The Peerage of Ireland | volume=2 | year=1754 | pages=45–55
*Rigg, J. M. (2004) " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1485 Barnewall, Richard Vaughan (1779/80–1842)] ", rev. Jonathan Harris, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ", Oxford University Press, accessed 8 August 2007 (subscription required)
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