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BLOSSET, SIR ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Peckwell DD, Rector of Bloxholm with Digby, Lincs., and Bella, dau. of Maj. Solomon Stephen Blosset, Shinfield, Berks.; b. 1776; adm. 19 Oct 1785; in school list Dec 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1792, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1794 - 25 Jun 1806, void; BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Oct 1795, called to bar 16 Jun 1801; Serjeant-at-law 15 May 1809; assumed surname of Blosset in lieu of Peckwell, 4 May 1811; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bengal, from 1821; knighted 19 Apr 1822; author, Cases on Controverted Elections in the Second Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1805-6; d. unm. at Calcutta 1 Feb 1823. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.