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'''Sir James William Colvile''' (12 January 1810 – 6 December 1880) was a British legal civil servant in India. |
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He was born the eldest son of Alexander Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree and Crombie, Fife and educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he graduated MA in 1834. He trained as a barriater and was called to the bar in 1835. |
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He practised at [[Lincoln's Inn]] for ten years before being appointed Advocate General to the [[East India Company]] in 1845. He went to Calcutta and was appointed Puisne Judge to the Supreme Court of Bengal in 1848 and Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court|Court of Calcutta]] in 1855. He was knighted in 1848. |
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| ⚫ | he the first Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]]. He served in this office for two years, from January 24, 1857 to January 24, 1859.<ref>[http://www.caluniv.ac.in/About%20the%20university/university_frame.htm List of Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta]</ref>. He was president of the [[The Asiatic Society]] |
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He retired and returned to England in 1859. He was made a [[Privy Councillor]] and Assessor to the Judicial Committee of the Council of India appeals. In April, 1875 he was elected a [[fellow of the Royal Society]]. <ref> {{cite web | url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27colvile%27%29| title= Library and Archive Catalogue | publisher= royal society | accessdate= 23 December 2010}} </ref> |
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He died in London of heart failure in 1880. |
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Revision as of 21:46, 23 December 2010
Sir James William Colvile (12 January 1810 – 6 December 1880) was a British legal civil servant in India.
He was born the eldest son of Alexander Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree and Crombie, Fife and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in 1834. He trained as a barriater and was called to the bar in 1835.
He practised at Lincoln's Inn for ten years before being appointed Advocate General to the East India Company in 1845. He went to Calcutta and was appointed Puisne Judge to the Supreme Court of Bengal in 1848 and Chief Justice of the Court of Calcutta in 1855. He was knighted in 1848.
he the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. He served in this office for two years, from January 24, 1857 to January 24, 1859.[1]. He was president of the The Asiatic Society
He retired and returned to England in 1859. He was made a Privy Councillor and Assessor to the Judicial Committee of the Council of India appeals. In April, 1875 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. [2]
He died in London of heart failure in 1880.
References
- ^ List of Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". royal society. Retrieved 23 December 2010.