Law reformer. Born in Frith Street. Solicitor-General 1806. Caroline's Miscellany has done the research on his campaign to reduce the number of crimes with a mandatory death penalty. Kept 2 pet leeches. Suffering intense grief he committed suicide, at 21 Russell Square, a few days after his wife's death.
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Sir Samuel Romilly
Sir Samuel Romilly, Knt., Solicitor-General 1806, occupied chambers here, 177...
Law lecturer in the Polytechnic of Central London, killed, aged 29, in the Lo...
Parish Lock-up About 1730, this lock-up was built into the garden wall of Can...
Solicitor. Born Norfolk. 1891 finds him living in Buckhurst Hill. 1901, Churc...
