Edward William Cox
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Occupation(s) | Lawyer, psychical researcher, writer |
Edward William Cox known as Serjeant Cox (1809–1879) was an English lawyer and legal writer, who was also a successful publisher. He has been described as "the greatest entrepreneur of 'class' journalism".[1]
Early life
Cox was born in
Legal career
Cox moved to London to pursue his career as a barrister. His periodicals, reports and textbooks led to him being raised to the dignity of
He held various significant legal appointments –
Publisher
Around the time he was called to the bar, Cox founded the weekly
In politics
A lifelong Conservative, he unsuccessfully contested
Other interests
Cox spent freely on his joint interests on
Cox bought the
His diversification proved profitable. When one of his heirs offered their reversionary interest in Cox's probate estate for sale the advertisement listed the sources of income. These included various leasehold properties in the City of London, Marlow Mills in Buckinghamshire, his newspaper and magazine titles as well as his landed property. Taken together, these had produced £54,000 a year for some years, although the bulk of the income came from Cox's magazines and newspapers.[18]
Landed estate
Cox is an example of the wealthy early Victorian middle class men who established large landed estates.
Cox was also lord of the manors of Taunton Deane and Trull in Somerset.[22] He also owned small estates at Ugborough and Widecombe in Devon. He died worth a reputed £400,000; although his estate was declared as under £200,000, he owned at least as much again in landed property.[23]
Family
Cox married twice. His first wife, Sophia, was the daughter of William Harris of the Royal Artillery, and they married in 1836. On 15 August 1844 he married Rosalinda Fonblanque, the only daughter of John Samuel Martin Fonblanque, a Commissioner in Bankruptcy, at
Works
Cox's works included:
- 1829, a Poem, 1829.
- Reports of Cases in Criminal Law determined in all the Courts in England and Wales, 1846–78, 13 vols. (With Thomas William Saunders.[28])
- Railway Liabilities, 1847.
- Chancery Forms at Chambers, 1847.
- The Law and Practice of Registration and Elections, 1847.
- The New Statutes relating to the Administration of the Criminal Law, 1848.
- The Powers and Duties of Special Constables, 1848.
- The Magistrate, 1848.
- The Practice of Poor Removals, 1849.
- The Practical Statutes of the Session 1850, 1850. (With William Paterson).[29]
- The Advocate, his Training, Practice, Rights, and Duties, 1852.
- Conservative Principles and Conservative Policy, a Letter to the Electors of Tewkesbury, 1852.
- Conservative Practice, a second letter, 1852.
- The Law and Practice of Joint-Stock Companies, 1855.
- The Law and Practice of Bills of Sale, 1855.
- The Practice of Summary Convictions in Larceny, 1856.
- A Letter to the Tewkesbury Electors, 1857.
- The Arts of Writing, Reading, and Speaking, in Letters to a Law Student, 1863.
- How to prevent Bribery at Elections, 1866.
- The Law relating to the Cattle Plague, 1866.
- Representative Reform, proposals for a Constitutional Reform Bill, 1866.
- Reports of all the Cases decided by the Superior Courts of Law and Equity, relating to the Law of Joint-Stock Companies, 1867–71, 4 vols.
- A Digest of all the Cases decided by the Courts relating to Magistrates' Parochial and Criminal Law, 1870.
- Spiritualism answered by Science, 1871.
- What am I? 1873.
- The Mechanism of Man, 1876.
- The Conservatism of the Future, 1877.
- The Principles of Punishment as applied to the Criminal Law by Judges and Magistrates, 1877.
- A Monograph of Sleep and Dreams, their Physiology and Psychology, 1878.[2]
Cox prepared law books and reports with others, and contributed to the Transactions of the Psychological Society and the London Dialectical Society.[2]
References
- JSTOR 20082136.
- ^ a b c Boase 1887.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56286. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ http://www.crockford.org.uk/standard.asp?id=126 an extended version of an article in the Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Andrews, Fox Bourne & Hatton 1999, pp. 208–211.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34149. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Cooter 1984, p. 278.
- ^ "London Dialectical Society". Gale Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010 – via Answers.com.
- ^ Hall 1963, pp. 79–84.
- ^ Brock 2008, p. 126.
- ^ Various sources:
- "Obituary". The Times (29735): 8. 26 November 1879.
- Howard, Philip (28 February 1973). "Crockford's now well taped by computer". The Times (58719): 5.
- "Was Serjeant Cox a Spiritualist?" (PDF). Psypioneer. 2 (11): 242–8. November 2006.
- ^ Spence 2003, p. 195.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12389. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Oppenheim 1985, p. 18.
- ^ "Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane: Records". National Archive. 1611–1883. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ The Times (38163): 3. 29 October 1906.
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(help) - ^ Walker 1912, p. 173.
- ^ The Times: 14. 13 August 1897.
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(help) - ^ Brown 2008, p. 61.
- ^ Wentworth Day 1938, p. [page needed].
- ^ Baker 1976, pp. 21–23.
- ^ Bristol and Somerset Directory 1875
- ^ "WILLS AND BEQUESTS". The Times (29759): 11. 24 December 1879.
- ^ Spiller 1985, p. 14.
- ^ "Obituary". The Times (29736): 6. 27 November 1879.
- ^ John Sutherland, The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction (1990), p. 207; Google Books.
- ^ The Times (43123): 5. 30 August 1922.
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(help) - ^ "Saunders, Thomas William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Todd 1854, p. 106.
Works cited
- Andrews, Alexander; Fox Bourne, Henry Richard; Hatton, Joseph (1 January 1999). The History of British Journalism: From the Foundation of the Newspaper Press in England to the Repeal of the Stamp Act in 1855, with Sketches of Press Celebrities. Adegi Graphics LLC. ISBN 978-1-4021-8392-8.
- Baker, T. F. T. (1976). A History of the County of Middlesex. Vol. 5. London: Victoria County History. ISBN 9780197227428.
- Brock, William Hodson (2008). William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6322-5.
- Brown, D (2008). Dick, Malcolm; Clay, Richard (eds.). Matthew Boulton : a revolutionary player. Studley: Brewin Books. ISBN 978-1858584416.
- Cooter, Roger (1984). The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science: Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-22743-8. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- Hall, Trevor H. (1963). The Spiritualists: The Story of Florence Cook and William Crookes. Helix Press.
- Oppenheim, Janet (1985). The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34767-9.
- Spence, Lewis (9 June 2003). An Encyclopaedia of Occultism. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-42613-6.
- Spiller, Peter (1985). Cox and Crime: An Examination of Edward William Cox, 1809-1879, His Career and His Approach to the Criminal Law of His Time. Institute of Criminology.
- Todd, James, ed. (1854). Catalogus Librorum. Typis Academicis.
- Walker, J. Douglas (1912). Odgers, William Blake (ed.). Six Lectures on the Inns of Court and of Chancery: Delivered in Middle Temple Hall During Easter and Trinity Terms, 1912. Macmillan.
- Wentworth Day, James (1938). The Dog in Sport. Harrap.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1887). "Cox, Edward William". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 409–410.