Person Colvile; Sir; James William (1810 - 1880) Colvile James William Sir 1810 - 1880 British Male 12 January 1810 8 Rutland Gate, London 06 December 1880

8 Rutland Gate, London (1875); Craigflower, Dunfermline (1875)

Barrister 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) Eldest son of Alexander Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree and Crombie, Fife Fellow 29/04/1875 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. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 12 Jan 1810 - 6 Dec 1880 NA6540 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/72150793 92bd1f6e-068e-43a4-886e-d9c10ade7c96