Samuel Romilly

Portrait, oil on canvas, of Sir Samuel Romilly (1757–1818) by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)

Sir Samuel Romilly (1 March 1757 – 2 November 1818), was a British lawyer, politician and legal reformer. From a background in the commercial world, he became well-connected, and rose to public office and a prominent position in Parliament. After an early interest in radical politics, he built a career in chancery cases, and then turned to amelioration of the British criminal law.


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