Robert Kelham

Robert Kelham (1717–1808) was an English attorney and legal antiquary.

Life

He was the son of Robert Kelham, vicar of Billingborough, Threckingham, and Walcot, in Lincolnshire. He practised as an attorney in the Court of King's Bench until 1792. He died at Bush Hill, Edmonton on 29 March 1808, in his ninety-first year, and was buried at St. Michael Royal, College Hill, London.[1]

Works

Kelham published:[1]

Family

Kelham married Sarah, youngest daughter of Peter and Joanna Gery, of the family of Gery of Bilstone, Leicestershire; she died on 28 September 1774, aged 53. He left a son, Robert (1755–1811), an attorney of the King's Bench, and a daughter.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kelham, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Kelham, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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