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IMHOFF, JULIUS, younger brother of Sir Charles Imhoff (qv); stepson of Warren Hastings (qv); bap 13 Dec 1768; adm. 19 Mar 1781; left Whitsun 1785; at Harrow Sch. 1785-8; went out to India with Peter Touchet (qv) 1788; Writer, EICS Bengal 1 Aug 1790; Second Assistant to Collector, Murshidabad 4 Jan 1792; Register, Dewanny Adawlut, Tipperah 1 May 1793; Register, Court of Appeal and Circuit, Calcutta 30 Aug 1793; Collector, Midnapur 7 Apr 1797; buried Calcutta 24 Sep 1799.

IMPEY, ARCHIBALD ELIJAH, natural son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b.; adm. 13 Jul 1772; KS (aged 12) 1778; went to Blundell’s Sch., Tiverton, Devon; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Oct 1782, scholar 1785, matr. Mich. 1782; BA 1787; MA 1791; adm. Inner Temple 13 Jul 1784, called to bar 18 Jun 1790, tenant chambers there from 2 Feb 1787, Bencher 1830; aided his father in his defence at the bar of the House of Commons 1788; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1793-1831, when post abolished); one of Commissioners for settling British claims on France under Treaty of Paris, 1814; collected materials for a biography of Warren Hastings (qv), utilised by Rev. G. R. Gleig in his Life of Warren Hastings, 1841; m. 4 Oct 1800 Sarah, dau. of Rev. C. Nathaniel Proby [ she bapt. Monks Eleigh, Suffolk 1776 ? (IGI)]; d. 9 Jul 1831.

IMPEY, EDWARD HARRINGTON, eldest son of Edward Impey (qv); b. (Calcutta) 16 Aug 1814; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (Singleton's); Addiscombe Coll. 1831-2; Cadet, EICS Madras 1832; Ensign, unattached 14 Feb 1833; 31st Native Infantry 27 Oct 1834; Lieut., 27 Dec 1836; Brevet Capt., 14 Dec 1847 – 21 Jun 1850; Assistant to Commissioner, Tenasserim, Burma 20 May 1846 – 21 Jun 1850; living London 1881 (1881 Census), private income; m. 1st (?), ---; m. 2nd (?), 28 Oct 1873 Isabel Marion Standbridge (IGI); d. c. 1883.

IMPEY, EDWARD, youngest son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 25 Feb 1785; adm. 29 Sep 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; KS 1799; Writer, EICS Bengal 13 Oct 1800; arrived in India 24 Oct 1801; Assistant to Judge and Magistrate, Birbhum1803; held various other appointments; Judge and Magistrate, Jungle Mehauls 24 Aug 1810; Judge and Magistrate, Murshidabad City 25 Jan 1812; Judge and Magistrate, Cuttack, and Superintendent, Tributary Mehauls 13 May 1814; Acting Judge, Provincial Court of Appeal, Murshidabad 3 Feb 1818; suspended from office 30 Nov 1819; returned to England 1819; dismissed from EICS 27 Nov 1822; went to live in Paris, but returned to England before his death; m. 31 Oct 1813 Julia, eldest dau. of Chevalier Antoine de L’Etang, veterinary surgeon, France and India; d. 29 Aug 1858.

IMPEY, ELIJAH BARWELL, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); bapt. 6 Aug 1779; adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1793; KS 1794; Capt. of the School 1798; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 – Nov 1806, Faculty Student from 4 Nov 1806; BA 1803; MA 1806; Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 15 Dec 1808; retd. Jun 1809; his Memoirs of his father, written “in refutation of the calumnies of the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay”, were published in 1846, and contain interesting references to the school and to his schoolfellows; d. unm. 3 May 1849.

IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); b. 13 Jun 1732; adm. Sep 1740; KS 1747; Capt. of the School 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1752, matr. Easter 1754; Chancellor’s Second Medal 1756; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1751, called to bar 23 Nov 1756; Western Circuit; Recorder of Basingstoke 11 Apr 1766-73; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1766, tenant chambers there 21 Nov 1766 – 16 Jun 1768; Counsel for East India Company before House of Commons 1772; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bengal 22 Mar 1774 – 1 Nov 1787; knighted 30 Mar 1774; confirmed committal of Nuncomar for forgery and sentenced him to death 1775; ruled that Warren Hastings (qv) had not resigned the post of Governor-General 1777; his judicial powers were restricted by a compromise between Hastings and Philip Francis 1779; President of new Appeal Court (Sadar Diwani Adalat) over local tribunals 1780-2; recalled to defend himself against charges of illegality brought by Francis 1783; defended himself successfully against six charges at bar of House of Commons 1788, including the proceedings against Nuncomar and the exercise of extended judicial powers contrary to his patent; MP New Romney 1790-6; his biography was written by his son, Elijah Barwell Impey (qv), and published in 1846; m. 18 Jan 1768 Mary, dau. of Sir John Reade, Bart., Shipton Court, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Oct 1809. DNB.

IMPEY, HASTINGS, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 8 Apr 1784; adm. 1 Feb 1793 (Clapham); in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1797; KS 1798; Writer, EICS Bengal 29 Aug 1799; arrived in India 12 Jan 1801; Register to Adawlut, Allahabad 1804; buried Calcutta 5 Feb 1805.

IMPEY, J.; b.; adm. 16 Oct 1809; left 1809.

IMPEY, JAMES, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Oct 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1730; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; Capt. of the School 1741; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – Nov 1749, Faculty Student 13 Nov 1749 – void 1750; BA 1745; MA 1748; practised medicine at Richmond, Surrey; travelled much abroad; author, Treatise on Comparative Anatomy; d. at Naples 19 Nov 1756.

IMPEY, JOHN, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 9 Jun 1772; adm. 11 Jan 1779; entered Royal Navy as Midshipman, HMS Victory 28 Apr 1785; Lieut., 7 Nov 1793; Cdr., 15 Jan 1802; Post Capt., 22 Jan 1806; retd. 28 Jun 1838; Rear-Adm., 17 Aug 1840; Vice-Adm., 1 Aug 1848; Adm., 4 Jul 1855, reserve half-pay list; as master’s mate in HMS Providence accompanied Bligh to Tahiti 1787; present in Cumberland action off Hyères 13 Jul 1795; m. Fanny, only dau. of William Cazal; d. 2 Aug 1858.