Opinions of Sir Vicary Gibbs
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- Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
- Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/LB/1/27
- Date: c 19th century
- Level: Sub series
- Extent: 2 vols (duplicates)
- Creator Name: Gibbs; Sir; Vicary (1751-1820) Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
- Administrative or Biographical History: Sir Vicary Gibbs was Solicitor General to the Prince of Wales in 1795 and in 1799 Attorney General. He was Chief Justice of Chester (1804) and elected MP for Totnes in the same year. In 1807 he was elected one of the members for the University of Cambridge. After holding the post of Attorney General for five years, he was made Serjeant-at-Law in 1829 and appointed a puisne Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. He became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas from 1814 until his retirement in 1818.
- Acquisition: This may have been deposited with the Truro Law Library
- Description: A collection of his opinions, transcribed and selected from the numerous volumes of manuscripts which Gibbs left behind him.
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- Access Status: Open
- Physical Description: Manuscript volumes
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