Richard Bligh

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Richard Bligh (1780-1838) was a chancery barrister. The son of John Bligh and a cousin of Admiral William Bligh, [1] he was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1803 and M.A. in 1806. [2] He was called to the bar by the Society of the Inner Temple on 1 May 1807 [3] and was admitted to the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 17 November 1826. [4] He became an equity draftsman at the chancery bar. He was a hard worker, and had a fair amount of practice in his profession; but a considerable amount of his time was taken up by reporting in the House of Lords, in which business he was engaged for several years. [2]

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References

  1. Dictionary of National Biography. Errata. 1904. Page 29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mew, James (1886). "Bligh, Richard (1780-1838?)"  . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 218.
  3. James Whishaw. "Bligh, Richard". A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar. Stevens and Sons. A Maxwell. London. 1835. Page 17. See also page 177.
  4. The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Volume 2: Admissions 1800 to 1893 and Chapel Register. 1896. Page 121.
  5. For reviews of these reports, see "Law Reporting" (1831) 2 The Legal Observer 34 (21 May 1831); "Law Reporting" (1831) 3 The Legal Observer 128 (24 December 1831); and "English Law Reporting" (1831) 3 United States Law Intelligencer and Review 341 (September 1831). For a list of volumes, see Catalogue of the Library of the Great Seal Patent Office, Titles, 1857, p 179. For further commentary on these reports, see Fox, A Handbook of English Law Reports, 1913, pp 11 & 12.
  6. For a review of this book, see "Notices of New Books" (1832) 4 The Legal Observer 39 (19 May 1832)