John William Smith (legal writer)

John William Smith (1809–1845) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer.

Life

Born in Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London, on 23 January 1809, he was eldest son of John Smith, who was appointed in 1830 paymaster of the forces in Ireland; his mother was a sister of George Connor, master in chancery in Ireland. After a private school in Isleworth, he went in 1821 to Westminster School, where he was elected queen's scholar in 1823. He entered in 1826 Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained a scholarship in 1829, and was awarded the gold medal in classics in the following year.[1]

Smith joined on 20 June 1827 the Inner Temple, where, after practising for some years as a special pleader, he was called to the bar on 3 May 1834. From 1837 to 1843 he was lecturer at the Law Institution, and in 1840 was appointed to a revising barristership. He practised for a time on the Oxford circuit and at the Hereford and Gloucester sessions, but later only in London.[1]

Smith died of consumption on 17 December 1845. He was buried in Kensal Green cemetery, and a tablet was placed to his memory in the Temple Church.[1]

Works

Smith's major works were:[1]

Other works by Smith were:[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Smith, John William". Dictionary of National Biography 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Smith, John William". Dictionary of National Biography 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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