William Oldnall Russell
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Sir William Oldnall Russell (1785– 22 January 1833) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta.
Life
He was born in 1785, the eldest son of Samuel Oldnall, rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester, and North Piddle, and Mary, daughter of William Russell of Powick. In 1816, in accordance with the will of his maternal grandfather, he took the surname of Russell. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 22 December 1801, and was a student till 1812. He graduated B.A. in 1804 and M.A. in 1807. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1809, became serjeant-at-law on 25 June 1827, and Chief Justice of Bengal in 1832, when he was knighted."Home Intelligence" (1832) 7 Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia (New Series) [https://books.google.com/books?id=_qIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA164 164]
Russell died on 22 January 1833. He had married, in 1825, Louisa Maria, daughter of John Lloyd Williams, and left children.
Works
Russell's Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanours, which appeared in 2 vols. in 1819, was pronounced by Samuel WarrenLaw Student, 2nd edit. p. 620 "the best general treatise in criminal law". A second edition appeared in 1827; a third, edited by C. S. Greaves, in 1843, with a supplement in 1851; a fourth, in 3 vols., in 1865; and a fifth, edited by S. Prentice, Q.C., in 1877. The American editions, of which seven were issued between 1824 and 1853, did not reproduce the whole work.
Russell also published:
- Practice in the Court of Great Sessions on the Caermarthen Circuit ... also the Mode of levying a Fine and of suffering a Recovery ... To which are added Rules of that Circuit, and some Precedents of Practical Forms, 3 pts., 1814.
- With (Sir) Edward Ryan, Crown Cases reserved and decided by Twelve Judges of England, 1799-1824, 1825; republished in John William Wallace's British Crown Cases reserved.
References
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- {{DNB|wstitle=Russell, William Oldnall|first=Gerald le Grys|last=Norgate|volume=49|page=490}}
- Adams, John N. "Russell, Sir William Oldnall". In A. W. B. Simpson. Biographical Dictionary of the Common Law. Butterworths. 1984. pp. 456 - 457.
- {{Cite ODNB|first=K J M|last=Smith|id=24354|title=Russell, Sir William Oldnall (c.1784-1833)}}
- Allibone, S Austin. "Russell, Sir William Oldnall". A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Philadelphia. 1874. Volume 2. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7OmGsVQXvy8C&pg=PA1902 Page 1902].
- "Some Account of the Life and Writings of Sir Wm Russell" (1833) 6 The Legal Observer [https://books.google.com/books?id=iBQvAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA225 225] (27 July 1833)
- George K Stanton. Rambles and Researches Among Worcestershire Churches. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. London. Messenger Printing and Publishing Company. Bromsgrove. Pages 114 and [https://books.google.com/books?id=XAAPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA117 117].
- (1944) [https://books.google.com/books?id=icktAAAAIAAJ 88] Solicitors Journal 222
- Glyn Parry. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4M-QAAAAMAAJ A Guide to the Records of Great Sessions in Wales]. National Library of Wales. 1995.
- Rhys and Brynmor-Jones. The Welsh People. Second Edition. New York. 1900. Pages 375 and [https://archive.org/details/welshpeoplechapt00rhys/page/384/mode/1up 384]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5GRAAQAAMAAJ Fifth Edition]. Unwin. 1909. Pages 375 and 384.
- Russell. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yEdfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 The Practice of the Court of Great Sessions on the Carmarthen Circuit]. 1814.
- Russell. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UEDOv6di6hkC&pg=PA1 A Short Sketch of the Origin and History of the Welsh Jurisdiction]. 1816.
- Russell and Ryan. Crown Cases Reserved for Consideration. (Russell and Ryan's Crown Cases; Russell and Ryan's Reports). [https://books.google.com/books?id=BEhfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 London, 1825]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jPc2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 Philadelphia, 1839].
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Category:19th-century English lawyers
Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:British people in colonial India