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 |