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Sir Samuel Romilly
Standard Name: Romilly, Sir Samuel
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Textual Production | Mary Stockdale | MS
published A Shroud for Sir S. Romilly
, An Elegy, on the reforming lawyer who had died by his own hand. |
Textual Production | Mary Stockdale | She had written and published a different and happier poem for him, A Plume for Sir Samuel Romilly
; or, The Offering of the Fatherless, An Elegy, when he was standing for election to... |
Friends, Associates | Mary Russell Mitford | A few years later, as a published author, MRM
became friendly with James Perry
(editor of the Morning Chronicle). At his house she met a number of eminent men: politicians Lord Brougham
and Lord Erskine |
politics | Lady Caroline Lamb | LCL
contributed generously in time and energy to the election campaign of her brother-in-law George Lamb
for the Westminster seat that was vacated by the suicide of Sir Samuel Romilly
. Douglass, Paul. Lady Caroline Lamb. Palgrave Macmillan. 215 |
Friends, Associates | Maria Edgeworth | By now ME
was a celebrity, and could count on being introduced to the local literati when she travelled. On this visit to London she finally met Etiénne Dumont
, the utilitarian, with whom she... |
Textual Production | Margaret Croker |
Timeline
2 November 1818: Sir Samuel Romilly, well known as an energetic...
National or international item
2 November 1818
Sir Samuel Romilly
, well known as an energetic and popular reforming MP and lawyer, killed himself by cutting his throat.
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