James Alan Park
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Sir James Allan Park
KC
(6 April 1763 – 8 December 1838) was a British judge and legal writer.
Life
He was the son of James Park, a surgeon from
Lord Mansfield. It brought him a good practice. As an advocate, he made more of a reputation for care than for eloquence.[1]
Park married Lucy, the daughter of Richard Atherton on 1 January 1791. His father-in-law was a woollen-draper in Preston, and a partner in the Preston Old Bank, when opened under the firm of Messrs. Atherton, Greaves, and Denison.[2][3]
In 1791, Park was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the
Oxford University in 1834 and died on 8 December 1838, leaving two sons: James Allan Park, who became a cleric, and Alexander Atherton Park, who became a barrister.[1][4]
He was said to bear a striking physical resemblance to King George III, which led to much gossip about his true paternity. He dismissed all such talk with the remark: "King George III was never in Scotland and my mother was never out of Scotland".[5]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21274. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Dame Lucy Park (née Atherton)". Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery.
- ^ "Prescot History: Atherton and their descendants". Prescot History.
- ^ "Obituary of James Alan Park". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 1839.
- ^ "Law and Lawyers, The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal". J. Falconer. 1885.
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