A friend of Wilberforce and Bentham, Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818)
combined considerable legal expertise with commitment to
progressive political causes such as the abolition of the slave
trade. During his time in Parliament - he was Solicitor General in
Lord Grenville's 'Ministry of All the Talents' - he sought to
lessen the archaic severity of English criminal law regarding
corporal and capital punishment. Though he met with resistance, his
efforts raised awareness and influenced later reforms. Compiled by
his sons and published in 1840, this three-volume collection of
autobiographical writings and varied correspondence illuminates the
development of his outlook and the principles which guided him.
Volume 1 includes Romilly's two-part narrative of his life from
1757 to 1789, letters about English affairs sent to his
brother-in-law in Lausanne (1780-3), letters from eminent friends
such as the French revolutionary Mirabeau (1783-7), and selected
correspondence with the Genevan writer Etienne Dumont and others
(1788-91).
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