TAUNTON, SIR WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton, Kt, Town Clerk of Oxford, and Frances, dau. of Stephen Grosvenor, Sub-Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford; bapt. 28 Sep 1772; adm. 15 Jan 1785; KS 1785; one of the founders of The Trifler; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - void 25 Jun 1801; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1793; BA 1793; MA 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1794, called to bar 3 May 1799, Bencher 30 Jan 1822 - 11 Nov 1830; Oxford Circuit; Commissioner of Bankrupts 1801 (occurs in annual lists 1802-22); Recorder of Oxford 1806; KC Hilary 1822; Serjeant-at-Law 11 Nov 1830; Judge of the King’s Bench from 12 Nov 1830; knighted 17 Nov 1830; assisted in preparing the Record Commission’s edition of The Statutes of the Realm, published 1810-22; author, Remarks upon the Conduct of the respective Governments of France and Great Britain in the late Negotiation for Peace, 1797; m. 10 Oct 1814 Maria, youngest dau. of Henry William Atkinson, Provost, Company of Moneyers, Royal Mint; d. 11 Jan 1835. DNB.
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