Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Reeves, John (1)
Reeves, John, s. John, of St. Martin's, London, pleb. Merton Coll., matric. 31 Oct, 1771, aged 18, B.A. 1775; fellow Queen's Coll. M.A. 1778, bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1779, bencher 1824, a commissioner of bankrupts 1780-91, F.S.A. 1789, F.R.S. 1790, chief justice Newfoundland 1791-2, superintendent of Aliens, law clerk to the Board of Trade, died 7 and buried in Temple Church 17 Aug., 1829. See Gent.'s Mag., 1829, ii. 468.