Albert Bosanquet
Sir Frederick Albert Bosanquet,
Biography
Frederick 'Bosey' Bosanquet was one of ten surviving children born to
Bosanquet was educated at
He was appointed a
He was the Recorder for Worcester from 1879 to 1891, and Recorder for Wolverhampton in 1891 and 1900. In March 1900 he was appointed Common Serjeant of London,[5] an ancient office first recorded in 1291 with the appointment of Thomas Juvenal, and the second most senior judicial position at the Old Bailey after the Recorder of London.[6] Bosanquet was the Chairman of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting from 1907 to 1919.[4]
As a barrister, Bosanquet was based in chambers at 3 Paper Buildings, Temple from 1892.[7] He was knighted in 1907.
On his retirement as Common Serjeant in November 1919 he was succeeded by Henry Fielding Dickens KC.[8]
Personal life
On 22 August 1871 Bosanquet married Albinia Mary Curtis-Hayward, the daughter of John Curtis-Hayward, and with whom he had four children. After her death, he married on 12 August 1885 Philippa Frances, the daughter of William Bence-Jones, with whom he had a son,[6] and other children.
His son from his second marriage, Captain William Sidney Bence Bosanquet DSO (1893–1966), of the Coldstream Guards, married Esther Cleveland, the daughter of Grover Cleveland, a former President of the United States, on 14 March 1918 in Westminster Abbey.[9][10] One of their two children was the philosopher Philippa Foot.
References
- ^ "Records of the Bosanquet Family – Gwent Record Office". Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Malden, Henry C. (1902). Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902 (2nd ed.). Brighton: H. & C. Treacher.
- ^ Darby, George N and Frederick Bosanquet. A Practical Treatise on the Statutes of Limitations in England and Ireland London William Maxwell & Son, 29, Fleet Street [etc.] (1867)
- ^ a b Walford, Edward The County Families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) pg 40
- ^ "No. 27178". The London Gazette. 30 March 1900. p. 2129.
- ^ a b The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal Heritage Books (2001) pg 516 Google Books
- ^ Bosanquet on the 3 Paper Buildings website
- ^ Dickens, Henry Fielding 'The Recollections of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, K.C.' Published by William Heinemann Ltd (1934) pg 276
- ^ "Esther Cleveland Weds Capt. Bosanquet: Late President's Daughter Marries Coldstream Guards Officer in Westminster Abbey". The New York Times, 15 March 1918
- ^ George Naylor, The Register's of Thorrington, 1888