William Forsyth (barrister)
William Forsyth
Early life and education
He was born at Greenock in Renfrewshire, son of merchant Thomas Forsyth, of Birkenhead, and Jane Campbell, daughter of John Hamilton, of Deer Park, near Greenock, from a landed gentry family of Scottish origin that had settled at Wilton, Herefordshire. His brother was the diplomat Sir Douglas Forsyth.[2][3]
He was educated at Sherborne School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] where he graduated B.A. in 1834.[5] He was admitted at the Inner Temple in 1834 and called to the Bar in 1839.
Career
He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1857,
He wrote a number of books on historical and legal subjects, including History of Trial By Jury (1852), Life of Cicero (1864), The Novels and Novelists of the Eighteenth Century (1871) and Hannibal in Italy (1872). He was also editor of several magazines. Forsyth was a member of the Canterbury Association from 1 May 1848 to 22 April 1850, when he resigned.[6] In 1849, the chief surveyor of the Canterbury Association, Joseph Thomas, named Lake Forsyth for him.[6][7]
He died at Knightsbridge, Middlesex, and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. His will probated at £18,667 in 1899.
Family
Forsyth was married twice. He was firstly married to Mary Lyall (daughter of
References
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 6th edition, vol. 1, Harrison & Sons, 1879, p. 727
- ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Forsyth, William (FRST829W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848-1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ISBN 9780143204107.
- ^ Seccombe, Thomas (1901). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
External links
- Seccombe, Thomas; Baudry, S. R. J. "Forsyth, William (1812–1899)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9935. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Forsyth