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ROUGH, SIR WILLIAM, only son of William Rough, St. James’s, Westminster; b. 21 Aug 1773; adm. 23 Jan 1786; KS 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1792, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1792, scholar 12 Apr 1793; BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Feb 1796; migr. to Inner Temple, called to bar 18 Jun 1801; Midland Circuit; Serjeant-at-Law 30 May 1808; President of Court of Justice, Demerara and Essequibo 1816-21; suspended by acting Governor for having usurped “the privileges and functions of the Executive”, but the Privy Council decided in Rough’s favour on appeal, Apr 1825; Puisne Judge, Ceylon, 1833-6, Chief Justice from 13 Mar 1836; knighted 7 Aug 1837; said to have contributed to Southey’s Flagellant when at school, and to have been one of the projectors of the University Magazine of 1795 when at Cambridge; author, Lorenzino de Medici, 1797, and other works; m. 26 Jun 1802 Harriet, natural daughter of John Wilkes MP; d. at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon 19 May 1838. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.