| Authorised form of name | Colvile; Sir; James William (1810 - 1880) |
| Dates | 1810 - 1880 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 12 January 1810 |
| Place of death | 8 Rutland Gate, London |
| Date of death | 06 December 1880 |
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Activity | Education:
Eton; Trinity College; Cambridge MA (1834)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1835); practised as an Equity draftsman, Lincoln's Inn (for 10 years); Advocate General to the HEIC (1845); went to Calcutta; Puisne Judge to the Supreme Court of Bengal (1848); Chief Justice (1855); retired and returned to England (1859); Privy Councillor; Assessor to the Judicial Committee of the Council of India appeals; died of heart failure
Honours:
Kt 1848
Memberships:
Asiatic Society of Bengal (President) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/04/1875 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Alexander Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree and Crombie, Fife |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1882-1883 vol 34 pp x-xi signed by J D H
Notes:
BR gives year of death as 1882. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72150793 |
| Code | NA6540 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/10/253 | Letter from James Wm [William] Colvile, 8 Rutland Gate, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 1 May 1875 |
| EC/1875/14 | Colvile, Sir James William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/257 | Letter from James Wm [William] Colvile, 8 Rutland Gate, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 10 May 1875 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |