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 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File | |
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. | |