Charles Austin

(1799-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Austin, Charles (1799–1874), barrister LBT ID: ChAusti1874	B/BAP: 1799-03-26 DIED: 1874-12-21
SOURCES: DNB
Educated at Bury St Edmunds and Jesus College, Cambridge, he was a wit and influential Benthamite lawyer and conversationalist. He was the brother-in-law of the translator Sarah Austin.
REFERENCES TO Charles Austin: John Whishaw to Charles and Henry Romilly, 27 July 1833 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Sydney Smith to Harriet Grote, 16 July 1839 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 4 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1839 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter XII: 1833-35 Found 1: ¶ n1