Samuel Romilly
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title:
Samuel Romilly
text:
Sir Samuel Romilly was a British lawyer, Whig politician, abolitionist and legal reformer. Born in London of French Huguenot descent, he was largely self-educated and escaped poverty through a fortuitous inheritance that allowed travel. From a background in the commercial world, Romilly became well-connected, and rose to public office as Solicitor-General for England and Wales (1806–1807) and a prominent position in Parliament, where he sat for Horsham (1807–1808), Wareham (1808–1812), Arundel (
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British politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Romilly
date created:
2004-06-05T12:06:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T04:12:08Z
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