Sir Samuel Romilly

(1757-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Romilly, Samuel, Sir, 1757-1818 NRA: Romilly Sir Samuel (1757-1818) Knight Statesman and Law Reformer DNB: Romilly, Sir Samuel (1757-1818), lawyer and politician LBT ID: SaRomil1818 VIAF ID: 18003622 LOC ID: n81094048	B/BAP: 1757-03-01 DIED: 1818-11-02
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Reformer of the penal code and the author of Thoughts on Executive Justice (1786); he was a Whig MP and Solicitor-General who died a suicide.
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir Samuel Romilly: Samuel Romilly to Thomas Creevey, 23 September 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Sir Samuel Romilly to William Roscoe, [June 1810] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)