John Dodson (judge)
Sir John Dodson | |
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Born | 19 January 1780 Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, England |
Died | 27 April 1858 Mayfair, London | (aged 78)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Judge |
Spouse | Frances Priscilla Pearson |
Sir John Dodson (19 January 1780 – 27 April 1858) was an English judge, aka
Life
Dodson was born at Hurstpierpoint on 19 January 1780. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Dr. John Dodson (1734–1807), rector of Yoxall, Staffordshire, and then rector[1] of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, who died in July 1807. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in 1790, and proceeded to Oriel College, Oxford, in 1797, where he graduated B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, Middle Temple 1807 (called to the bar 1834), and D.C.L. 1808. He was admitted an advocate of the College of Doctors of Laws (Doctors' Commons) 3 November 1808,[2] and acted as commissary to the dean and chapter of Westminster from 1808. A civil lawyer and editor of the Admiralty Reports 1811–22. Dodson died at 6 Seamore Place, Mayfair, London, 27 April 1858. For many years before that he had lived at 12 Hertford street, Mayfair.[3]
Career
From July 1819 to March 1823 he sat for
He was
Family
His father the Rev. John Dodson (1734–1807), BD (1768), DD (1772), matriculated Trinity College (1749), Oxford, MA Oriel College (1756) & fellow; vicar of
Dodson married Frances-Priscilla Pearson (1788–1869),
Dodson's grandfather,
His great-great-grandfather
His great-great-grandfather was Rev. Jeremiah (Jeremy)
Randolph Issacson was one of the 17 children
Randolph Isaacson's wife Margaret was the daughter of Robert Shawe II, son of Robert Shaw, vintner, of St. George's, Southwark, Surrey
Jeremiah Dodson was author of A Sermon Preached at the Funeral Obsequies of Jacob Lucie Esq. [1627-c1685] late Alderman of the City of London, in the Parish-church of St. Katherine Coleman, November, 20th, 1688.[16] He was president of Sion College in 1689.
Dodson's brother-in-law, his wife Margaret's brother, James Isaacson (1660–1724), was MP for Banbury 1698–99. Commissioner stamp duty 1694–1702; King's warehouse keeper of the customs, port of London c.1696–before 1702; commissioner of customs [Scotland] 1707–9, Governor of the Friendly Society for Widows 1696. His parliamentary career came to an abrupt end on 10 February 1699 when he was expelled from the House.[17]
Dodson was a contemporary and first cousin of Sir William Dodson (1639–1695), woollen draper, even the King's woollen draper,[18] of Kensington, formerly of St Paul's churchyard, (Castle Baynard), (Tory) Alderman of London and sometime militia captain who was knighted in 1680. In 1682 he was a steward at the Feast of the Artillery Company of London.[19] He was Master Merchant Taylor in 1686 and in November 1667, at St. Mary-le-Strand, Westminster, he had married Elizabeth Brewer (1633–1696), widow of fishmonger John Briscoe (d.1665), but they had no children and he left his estate to his brother John. He was buried in the south aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 16 October 1695, his gravestone was removed when the nave was re-paved in 1834 but the inscription read: "Here lyeth interred the body of Sir William Dodson, Knight. Obiit 9 Oct. A.D. 1695".[20]
Three brothers and sister
Rev. William (St. John's, Oxford), BA (1804), MA (1808), BD (1817), was vicar of Edlington, Lincolnshire, and rector of Dexthorpe and Claxby (Claseby) from 1817, and died in 1852. Reverend William Dodson, who had married Thomas Phillips Lamb's eldest daughter Elizabeth, was thus a freeman and jurat of Rye (see Lamb House). His second son John George Dodson matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford in June 1837, aged 19. His third son Rev. Paul Augustus Dodson (c.1819–) matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford in 1838. His daughter Elizabeth Dorothy Dodson (c1814-1874) married (1842) Rev. Baron Francis de Paravicini (1816–1897), rector of Avening (1857–97), and uncle of Percy de Paravicini.
Nathaniel Dodson (c1787-1867), matriculated St. John's College, Oxford, 14 December 1805 aged 18; BA 1809, MA 1812, proctor 1819; Rector of Buttermere, Wiltshire, 1818 and Vicar St Helens, Abingdon, 1824–67, prebend of Lincoln.[21] Appointed by the Archdeacon of Oxford in August 1831, 'a Surrogate for granting marriage licenses, probates of wills, &c., within the diocese of Oxford'.[22]
Christopher Dodson (c1793-1876), matriculated University College, Oxford, 3 April 1810, aged 17; BA 1813, MA 1817, Rector of Grateley 1819, and of Penton Mewsey, Hants (1832 to death 24 April 1876). Sometime domestic Chaplain: Maria, Countess of Guildford, and Louisa, Countess of Craven.[23] Chairman of the Andover Union Board of (Poor Law) Guardians at the time of the Andover workhouse scandal
His sister Frances Dodson married Rev. John Constable (1779–1863) of Middleham House, vicar of Ringmer (1812–), (son of Rev Richard Constable of Cowfold (1756–1839): Vicar of Selmeston 1785–1801, Vicar of Heathfield 1785–1801, Prebend of Chichester 1796–1839, Vicar of Cowfold 1801–39, and Vicar of Hailsham 1805–39, and prebend of Wisborough).[24]
Works
Dodson was concerned in the following works:
- A Report of the Case of Dalrymple the Wife against Dalrymple the Husband, 1811.
- Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty, 1811–22, London, 1815–1828, another ed. 1853.
- A Report of the Case of the Louis appealed from the Admiralty Court at Sierra Leone, and determined in the High Court of Admiralty, 1817.
- A Digested Index of the Cases determined in the High Court of Admiralty, contained in the Reports of Robinson, Edwards, and Dodson, by Joshua Greene, 1818.
- A Report of the Judgment in the Case of Sullivan against Sullivan, falsely called Oldacre, 1818.
- Lawful Church Ornaments, by J. W. Perry. With an Appendix on the Judgment of the Right Hon. Sir J. Dodson in the appeal Liddell v. Westerton, 1857.
- A Review of the Judgment of Sir John Dodson in the case of Liddell v. Westerton, by C. F. Trower, 1857.
- The Judgment of the Right Hon. Sir J. Dodson, also the Judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Liddell and Horne against Westerton, by A. F. Bayford, 1857.
References
- The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986.
- ^ CCEd, the clergy database
- ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986.
- ^ a b c Boase 1888.
- ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 114, 1813
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 114, 1813
- ^ CCEd, the clergy database
- ^ CCEd, the clergy database
- ^ East Sussex County Record Office
- ^ Sussex Archaeological Society, volume 33, 1883
- ^ The Eton College Register, 1698–1752, by Edward Austen-Leigh, 1927
- ^ On the origin of the family of Dodson of Hurstpierpoint, by William Smith Ellis [1817–1890], Esq., Sussex Archaeological Society, vol. 33, 1883
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 101, Part 2; Volume 150, 26 October 1831, page 502
- ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
- ^ 1634 Visitation of London
- ^ "A sermon preached at the funeral obsequies of Jacob Lucie Esq. [electronic resource] : Late alderman... | National Library of Australia". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660–1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
- ^ London and the Restoration, 1659–1683, by Gary S. De Krey, CUP, 2005
- ^ On the origin of the family of Dodson of Hurstpierpoint, by William Smith Ellis [1817–1890], Esq., Sussex Archaeological Society, vol. 33, 1883
- ^ Westminster Abbey records
- ^ CCEd, the clergy database
- ^ The Spectator, 27 August 1831, Page 15
- ^ CCEd, the clergy database
- ^ East Sussex County Record Office
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boase, George Clement (1888). "Dodson, John". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 175–176.
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