Samuel Heywood (chief justice)
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| Born | October 8, 1753 Liverpool, Lancashire |
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| Died | September 11, 1828 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Warrington Academy Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Serjeant-at-law, Chief Justice of the Carmarthen circuit of Wales |
Samuel Heywood (1753–1828) was a Serjeant-at-law and a Chief Justice of the Carmarthen circuit of Wales.
He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire to Benjamin and Phoebe Heywood, née Ogden. He was educated at Warrington Academy, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. and rose to prominence as a lawyer and barrister. He was appointed Serjeant-at-Law (1795) and also Chief Justice of the Carmarthen circuit of Wales (1807).
[edit] Publications
- "The Right of Protestant Dissenters to a Compleat Toleration Asserted" (1787), S. Heywood
[edit] Family
On 1 January 1781, he married Susan Cornwall at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London. They had at least five daughters:
- Phoebe Augusta Heywood (1 December 1781 - 12 June 1832)
- Susannah Maria Heywood (bapt 13 Feb 1784)
- Sophia Heywood (bapt 16 March 1785)
- Anne Heywood (24 May 1791 – 17 October 1857), who married 6 January 1815 to Lieutenant-General William Granville Eliot, a son of Francis Perceval Eliot.
- Mary Isabella Heywood (bapt 16 January 1795)
[edit] References
- Diaries from 1770-1789 - Shropshire Record Office
- http://www.warc.org.uk/members/~jimlev/wac-obs.htm
