Homersham Cox (lawyer) explained
Homersham Cox (1821–1897) was an English lawyer and judge, mathematician and historian.
Life
He was born at Newington, Surrey, the fourth son of Edward Treslove, and was educated at Tonbridge School. He entered Jesus College, Cambridge in 1839, graduating B.A. in 1844, and M.A. 1852. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1845, and was called to the Bar 1851.
Made a County Court judge in Wales, Cox caused a furore by saying that perjury was endemic in Welsh courts. He was shortly moved to Kent, where he made his home at Mark Field House, Tonbridge.[1] Cox died on 10 March 1897, at his home.
Works
In the late 1840s Cox did theoretical work on the strength and elasticity of materials, following up experimental work of Eaton Hodgkinson.[2] [3] [4]
In The Institutions of the English Government (1863), Cox argued in terms of a constitutional "balance of powers", at variance with the contemporary theorists Walter Bagehot and A. V. Dicey.[5] A History of the Reform Bills of 1866 and 1867 was acknowledged by the author as a partisan Liberal work. It was brought out in time for the 1868 United Kingdom General Election.[6] He was a critic of the cross-party co-operation seen in passing the Reform Bill of 1867, arguing that democracy was being undermined.[7]
Other works were:
- The British Commonwealth, Or, A Commentary on the Institutions and Principles of British Government (1854). In it Cox argued that the Norman Conquest led to attempt to break down the local Anglo-Saxon political institutions.[8]
- Whig and Tory administrations during the last thirteen years (1868)
- Antient Parliamentary Elections: A history showing how parliaments were constituted and representatives of the people elected in antient times (1868)
- Is the Church of England Protestant? (1875)
Family
Cox married Margaret Lucy Smith. They had five daughters and five sons:[9] [10]
- Homersham Cox (1857–1918), mathematician, of Muir Central College. married Amy. Daughter: Ursula Cox.
- Harold Cox (1860–)
- Margaret Cox (1862–1953), married Sydney Olivier
- Agatha Cox (1864–1958), married Sir William Hamo Thornycroft
- Ethel J Cox (1867–), married Captain Alfred Carpenter (brother of Edward Carpenter)
- Oswald Cox (1868- 12 Dec 1957), solicitor, married Mabel Annie Larkins. Daughters: Theresa, Barbara, Honor
- Hilda Cox (1871–)
- Theodora Cox (1875–)
- Harold Cox (1859-1936), Liberal MP.
- Cyril Cox (1877-1945), accountant and author
Bibliography
. Eleanor Farjeon. Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years. 1997. 1958 OUP. Sutton Publishing. Revised. 978-0-7509-1337-9.
Notes and References
- Book: Patrick Polden. A History of the County Court, 1846-1971. 8 March 2013. 4 November 1999. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-43126-2. 255.
- Book: T. M. Charlton. A History of the Theory of Structures in the Nineteenth Century. 8 March 2013. 4 July 2002. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-52482-7. 161–2.
- Book: Peter Eberhard. IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Problems in Multibody System Contacts. 8 March 2013. 1 January 2007. Springer. 978-1-4020-5981-0. 174.
- Book: Peter O. K. Krehl. History of Shock Waves, Explosions and Impact: A Chronological and Biographical Reference. 8 March 2013. 1 January 2009. Springer. 978-3-540-30421-0. 295.
- Book: H. J. Hanham. The Nineteenth-Century Constitution 1815-1914: Documents and Commentary. 8 March 2013. 1 June 1969. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-09560-0. 3.
- Book: Robert Saunders. Democracy and the Vote in British Politics, 1848-1867: The Making of the Second Reform Act. 8 March 2013. 1 February 2011. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-1-4094-1795-8. 13.
- Book: Asa Briggs. Asa Briggs. Victorian People: A Reassessment of Persons and Themes, 1851-67. 8 March 2013. 1955. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-07488-7. 280.
- Book: Tristram Hunt. Tristram Hunt. Building Jerusalem: The Rise and Fall of the Victorian City. 8 March 2013. 30 December 2010. Orion. 978-0-297-86594-0. 23.
- Book: Martin P. Starr. The Unknown God: W. T. Smith and the Thelemites. 8 March 2013. 2003. The Teitan Press, Inc.. 978-0-933429-07-9. 3–5.
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