Men-at-the-Bar/Stephen, (Hon.) Sir James FitzJames

Men-at-the-Bar
by Joseph Foster
Stephen, (Hon.) Sir James FitzJames
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Stephen, (Hon.) Sir James FitzJames, K.C.S.I. 1 Jan., 1877, D.C.L., a justice of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, since 1879, of the Exchequer Division Jan. to , 1879, member of Council of Legal Education, recorder of Newark 1859-69, legal member of the council of the governor-general of India 1869-72, counsel to Camb. Univ. 1872-9, professor of common law to the Inns of Court 1875-9, contested Harwich 1865 and Dundee 1873, author of A General View of the Criminal Law of England, Digest of the Law of Evidence, Digest of the Criminal Law, and of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, etc., M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1856, from Eton, LL.B. London Univ. 1854 and a member of Convocation, hon. D.C.L. Oxon 1878, a student of the Inner Temple 2 April, 1851 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1854, Q.C. 21 Feb., 1868, bencher 28 April, 1868 (eldest son of Rt Hon. Sir James Stephen, K.C.B.); born 3 March, 1829; married 19 April, 1855, Mary Richenda, dau. of late Rev. John William Cunningham, vicar of Harrow-on-the-Hill.

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