Thomas Edwards (legal writer) explained

Thomas Edwards (c.1775–1845) was a British legal writer.

Life

Edwards studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded LL.B. in 1800 and LL.D. in 1805. He was also a fellow of Trinity Hall, and was admitted advocate at Doctors' Commons. Edwards was a magistrate for the county of Surrey, and took considerable interest in questions connected with the improvement of the people. He died at the Grove, Carshalton, on 20 October 1845.^[1]

Works

• Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty; commencing with the Judgments of Sir William Scott, Easter Term, 1808, 1812; reprinted in America.
• A Letter to the Lord-lieutenant of the County of Surrey on the Misconduct of Licensing Magistrates and the consequent Degradation of the Magistracy, 1825.
• Reasons for Refusing to Sign the Lay Address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 2nd edition, 1835 (concerning the ritual of the church)

Notes and References

1. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses. DNB gives his date of death as 29 October 1845.