John Pearson (25 December 1771 - 16 April 1841) was a British Barrister and Advocate-General of Bengal. [1]
John Pearson (25 December 1771 - 16 April 1841) was a British Barrister and Advocate-General of Bengal. [1]
Pearson was the eldest child of Thomas Pearson Esq. (3 May 1732, Tettenhall, Staffordshire - 25 August 1796, Tattenhall, Staffordshire) of Tattenhall, Staffordshire, and his wife Elizabeth Leake (6 June 1743, Newport, Shropshire – 12 April 1832, Castle Cary, Somerset). [2] [3] He received the earlier education under Rev. Robert Dean and Ref. Mr. Lawson. After graduation from Wolverhampton Grammar School, [2] he matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford on 24 October 1789. [2] He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 28 October 1790 and was called to the Bar in 1802. [2]
Pearson married Jane Elizabeth Matilda Hooke on 21 December 1802 and started practice as a barrister at Tettenhall and London. [4]
In April 1824 Pearson came to Calcutta with his family and was appointed as the Advocate-General of Bengal by the East India Company in place of Sergeant Robert Spankie. He was elected by an anonymous vote of East India Board of Directors. Due to ill health, he returned to England in 1840, and died in 1841. [4] [5]
On 21 December 1802 at Barwell, Leicestershire, Pearson married Jane Elizabeth Matilda Hooke (14 April 1784, Barwell, Leicestershire - 16 November 1833, Bower Ashton, Somerset), the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Philip Hooke of the 17th Regiment. They had seven children: [3]
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