of all Cases and Pleadings in Law and Equity hitherto published,’ London, 1786–7, fol. (only the first part was published).
- ‘Cases explanatory of the Rules of Evidence before Committees of Elections in the House of Commons,’ London, 1796, 8vo.
- ‘A Digested Index of the first Seven Volumes of Durnford and East's Term Reports in the Court of King's Bench from 1785 to 1798,’ London, 1799, 8vo; 4th edit. carried down to 1810, published in 1812.
- ‘Statutes at Large, 41 to 49 George III,’ being vols. i. ii. and iii. of the ‘Statutes of the United Kingdom,’ London, 1804–10, 4to.
- ‘Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry upon the Conduct of Sir Hew Dalrymple,’ London, 1809, 8vo.
- ‘Index to Acts relating to Ireland passed between 1801 and 1825,’ London, 1825, 8vo; new edit. carried down to 1829, published in 1829.
- ‘Plain Directions for proceeding under the Act for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt,’ 2nd edit., London, 1838, 8vo.
He also superintended several editions of Jacob's ‘Law Dictionary,’ edited Brown's ‘Reports of Cases on Appeals and Writs of Error determined in the High Court of Parliament’ (London, 1803, 8vo), and, as sub-commissioner of the records, took a chief part in editing the ‘Statutes of the Realm’ (9 vols. 1810–24).
His sister, Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins (1763–1828), was born in 1763. In 1797 her brother published ‘Tributes of Affection by a Lady and her Brother’ (London, 8vo), a collection of short poems, most of them by her. Besides contributing several pieces to various periodical publications, she was the author of several novels, of which the most popular was ‘The Victim of Fancy,’ an imitation of Goethe's ‘Werther.’ Others were ‘The Baroness d'Alunton,’ and ‘Rosalind de Tracy,’ 1798, 12mo. She also translated the ‘History of Napoleon Bonaparte’ from one of the works of Louis Pierre Anquetil. Miss Tomlins died at The Firs, Cheltenham, on 8 Aug. 1828 (Gent. Mag. 1828, ii. 471).
Sir Thomas's nephew, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins (1804–1872), legal writer, born in 1804, was son of Alfred Tomlins, a clerk in the Irish exchequer office, Paradise Row, Lambeth. He entered St. Paul's school on 6 Feb. 1811, and was admitted to practice in London as an attorney in the Michaelmas term of 1827. He died in 1872. He was the author of:
- ‘A Popular Law Dictionary,’ London, 1838, 8vo.
- ‘Yseldon, a Perambulation of Islington and its Environs,’ pt. i. London, 1844, 8vo; complete work, London, 1858, 4to.
- ‘The New Bankruptcy Act complete, with Analysis of its Enactments,’ London, 1861, 12mo.
He also edited Sir Thomas Littleton's ‘Treatise of Tenures’ (1841, 8vo), revised Tytler's ‘Elements of General History’ (1844, 8vo), translated the ‘Chronicles’ of Jocelin of Brakelond (1844, 8vo) for the ‘Popular Library of Modern Authors,’ and contributed to the Shakespeare Society ‘A New Document regarding the Authority of the Master of the Revels’ which had been discovered on the patent roll (Shakespeare Society Papers, 1847, iii. 1–6).
[Gent. Mag. 1841, ii. 321; Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886; Gardiner's Register of St. Paul's School, p. 145.]
TOMLINSON, CHARLES (1808–1897), scientific writer, younger son of Charles Tomlinson, was born in North London on 27 Nov. 1808. His father, who belonged to a Shropshire family, finding himself in poor circumstances, enlisted, and, after serving in Holland, died on the way to India. He left a widow and two sons, Lewis and Charles, who from an early age had to depend for support on their own exertions. Charles studied science, chiefly at the London Mechanics' Institute, under George Birkbeck [q. v.], while his elder brother was able to maintain himself as a clerk at Wadham College, Oxford. After graduating B.A. in 1829 Lewis obtained a curacy, and in the following year sent for Charles to assist him in scholastic work. A few years later Lewis obtained a curacy near Salisbury, and with his brother founded a day-school in the city.
During the vacations Charles improved his knowledge of science by attending lectures at University College, London, and elsewhere. He made some attempts at original research, and published papers in Thomson's ‘Records of Science’ and also in ‘The Magazine of Popular Science.’ In 1838 he published the substance of some of these papers under the title ‘The Student's Manual of Natural Philosophy,’ London, 8vo. He also contributed largely to the ‘Saturday Magazine,’ then published by Parker, who found him so useful that he invited him to settle in London. This connection brought him into contact with various scientific men, among others with Sir William Snow Harris [q. v.], William Thomas Brande [q. v.], John Frederick Daniell [q. v.], and William Allen Miller [q. v.] On the sudden death of Daniell in 1845 Miller and Tomlinson collaborated in completing a new edition of Daniell's ‘Meteorology,’ which had been interrupted by the author's death.
