Robert Tracy (judge)
Robert Tracy (1655–1735) was an English judge.
Origins
Born in 1655 at
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He matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford, on 29 October 1672, and entered the Middle Temple the following year.
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On 26 October 1726, he retired from the bench with an annual pension of £1,500. He died in the house he had built at Coscomb in the parish of Didbrook in Gloucestershire on 11 September 1735 and was buried in the parish church.
Family
On 29 August 1683 he married Anne Dowdeswell (1659-1714), daughter of William Dowdeswell, of Pull Court at Bushley in Worcestershire, and his wife Judith Wymondsell. They had three sons — Robert, Richard, and William — and two daughters — Anne and Dorothy. Dorothy married as his second wife John Pratt, fourth son of Sir John Pratt, chief justice of the King's Bench.
References
- ^ Paula Watson / Andrew A. Hanham, Tewkesbury in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Tracy, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.