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Family of Peter Romilly and Margaret Garnault
| Husband: | Peter Romilly (1712-1784) | |
| Wife: | Margaret Garnault (1714-1796) | |
| Children: | Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) | |
| Marriage | 1744 | |
Husband: Peter Romilly
| Name: | Peter Romilly | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Stephen (Etienne) Romilly (1678-1733) | |
| Mother: | Judith de Monsallier (1681-1758) | |
| Birth | 1712 | |
| Occupation | Watchmaker & jeweller, Frith Street, Soho | |
| Death | 29 Aug 1784 (age 71-72) | Paddington, Middlesex |
Wife: Margaret Garnault
| Name: | Margaret Garnault | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Aymé Garnault (1670-1738) | |
| Mother: | Margaret Benoist (1690-bef1741) | |
| Birth | 1714 | London |
| Baptism | 17 Mar 1714/15 (age 0-1) | Saint Michael Bassishaw, London |
| Death | 30 Apr 1796 (age 81-82) | Paddington, Middlesex |
Child 1: Samuel Romilly
| Name: | Samuel Romilly | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Anne Garbett (1773-1818) | |
| Note 1: | Sir Samuel Romilly was an English legal reformer whose chief efforts were
devoted to lessening the severity of English criminal law. His attacks on the
laws authorizing capital punishment for a host of minor felonies and
misdemeanours, such as begging by soldiers and sailors without a permit, were
partly successful during his lifetime and contributed to reforms carried out
after his death.
Called to the bar in 1783, Romilly became known as the outstanding chancery lawyer in England and served as chancellor of Durham from 1805 to 1815. In 1806 he was appointed solicitor general, entered the House of Commons, and was knighted. Influenced by the libertarianism of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, he supported the French Revolution in its early stages, though conservative reaction in England to that revolution’s excesses subsequently hindered his work. His program for the mitigation of punishment in criminal law was based in part on the criminology of Cesare Beccaria and the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham. Distressed by the death of his wife, Romilly committed suicide in 1818. His Memoirs appeared in 1840. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica | |
| Note 2: | Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), was the youngest son of Peter Romilly, a
Huguenot, and Margaret, daughter of Aime Garnault, a French emigre. Romilly, who
was successively the Member of Parliament for Queensborough, Horsham, Wareham,
Arundel and Westminster, was an influential law-reformer and philanthopist,
whose political theories were inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He campaigned
vigorously to reduce the number of cases for which the dealth penalty was
applicable and favoured the emancipation of catholics and slaves. Romilly had
six sons and one daughter by his wife, Anne, of which the second, John, was
created Baron Romilly.
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| Birth | 1 Mar 1757 | Frith Street, Soho, London |
| Baptism | Mar 1757 (app) (age 0) | Saint Anne Soho, Westminster |
| Death | 2 Nov 1818 (age 61) | Russell Square, London |