Joseph Phillimore

Joseph Phillimore (born September 14, 1775 , † January 24, 1855 ) was an English lawyer, politician and from 1809 Regius Professor of Civil Law .

Life

Joseph was the eldest son of Joseph Phillimore, Vicar of Orton-on-the-Hill , Leicestershire , and his wife Mary, daughter of John Machin of Kensington . He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church College, University of Oxford , where he was enrolled on May 30, 1793, his Bachelor of Arts in 1797, Bachelor of Law (BCL) in 1880, and Doctor of Civil Law (DC. L.) reached 1804.

On November 21, 1804, he was admitted to the College of Advocates . He practiced successfully in ecclesiastical courts and the Admiralty Courts . From 1806 to 1807 he was a member of the commission that had Prussian ships that had been confiscated under the prize law as a result of the Westminster Convention , as well as Danish ships that were regarded as opposing after submission to France. In 1809 he succeeded French Laurence on the chair of Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford, was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford and Judge of the Admiralty Courts of the Cinque Ports . He successfully supported Lord Grenville in his bid for the chancellorship of Oxford University. On March 17, 1817, Phillimore moved into the House of Commons in place of his late friend Francis Horner for the Rotten Borough of St Mawes and represented the constituency until it was dissolved on June 2, 1826. On June 9, he stood up for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) again successfully, but did not run again after this district was dissolved on July 24, 1830.

Phillimore was one of the original members of the short-lived Third Party, founded in 1818. In the course of his short-lived parliamentary career, he distinguished himself through his support for Catholic emancipation and his remarks on international law .

Shiplake House, where Joseph Pilimore lived in the last years of his life

He became a commissioner on the supervisory body for India on February 8, 1822, and remained there until the resignation of Prime Minister Robinson in January 1828. On January 23, 1833, he became a senior commissioner for the adjudication of the French claims from 1815 (see rule of Hundred Days ) and 1818 (see Aachen Congress ). He also chaired the Registration Commission, which met on September 13, 1836, whereby he also reported. He was appointed Crown Attorney on October 25, 1834 and in the same year Chancellor of the Diocese of Worcester and representative of the deanery of St Paul's Cathedral in London . In 1842 he became Chancellor of the Diocese of Bristol and in 1846 Judge of the Consistory Court in Gloucester , then an Anglican ecclesiastical court with secular power.

In 1834 he was honored with the title of Legum Doctor (LL.D.) from the University of Cambridge , was made a Fellow of the Royal Society on February 13, and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Busby Foundation on May 23 of the same year. At Oxford he was known for his cultivated Latin and the dignity with which he staged the ceremonies for the award of honorary degrees, a duty that grew out of his professorship. He held the professorship at Oxford until his death on January 24, 1855 in Shiplake House , near Reading . Visible from Shiplake House, Phillimore Island was named after the family.

job

In 1798, Phillimore won the university's award for the best essay entitled Chivlary (Chivalry), which was also published in the anthology English Prize Essays (Oxford, 1836, Vol. II). He had already proven his talent for poetry in school when he won a competition for “Latin poetry” (1793). As a young man he was also fleetingly associated with the influential Edinburgh Review .

Phillimore edited Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors' Commons and in the High Court of Delegates (1809–1821) , London, 1818–1827 in three volumes and Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury (London, 1832–1833; 3 volumes) in which the judgments of George Lee are published. His Speeches delivered in the Sheldon Theater, at the Commemoration holden on the 10th, 11th, and 13th of June 1834, at which the Duke of Wellington presided in person were also published in Oxford in 1832.

family

Phillimore married on March 19, 1807 Elizabeth († 1859), the daughter of Reverend Walter Bagot, Rector of Blithfield , Staffordshire , the younger brother of William Bagot . The marriage resulted in the sons John George Phillimore , Greville Phillimore , Augustus Phillimore , Robert Joseph Phillimore and Richard Philmore.

Richard, who was then a student at Christ Church College, Oxford, drowned swimming in the Thames at Sandford Lock , a known dangerous spot. Richard's friend William Gaisford, the son of Thomas Gaisford, was in danger and Richard had tried to save him. Both men died. They were buried in Oxford Cathedral. An obelisk at Sandford Lock and two panels in the north cloister of the cathedral monastery commemorate the men.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w} James McMullen Rigg; Phillimore, Joseph (DNB00) ; Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 45; Retrieved June 3, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} RG Thorne, PHILLIMORE, Joseph (1775–1855), of Whitehall, Mdx. and Shiplake House, Oxon. ; The History of Parliament; Retrieved June 3, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Fatal Accident ; The Ipswich Journal of July 1, 1843; Retrieved October 26, 2012.
4. ↑ Michael Popkin (2001) Brave Deeds and Tragedies ( Memento of April 24, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) ; Oxford Inscriptions - Inscribed Stones and Plaques in Oxford ; Retrieved November 27, 2009.