Richard Bligh

Richard Bligh (1780-1838), chancery barrister, son of John Bligh and a cousin of Admiral William Bligh,^[1] was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806,^[2] and became an equity draftsman at the chancery bar. He was a hard worker, and had a fair amount of practice in his profession; but a considerable amount of his time was taken up by reporting in the House of Lords, in which business he was engaged for several years.

Works[]

His works, in the order of their publication, are:

• A Report of the Case of Bills of Exchange made payable at Bankers, as decided in the House of Lords. London. 1821.
• Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords on Appeals and Writs of Error. 10 vols. 1823.
• A Digest of the Bankrupt Law. 1832.
• Bellum Agrarium; a Foreview of the Winter of 1835, suggested by the Poor Law Project, with observations on the Report and the Bill. 1834.
• Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy. 1835. Bligh was aided in this work by Basil Montagu.

References[]

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mew, James (1886). "Bligh, Richard (1780-1838?)". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 218.

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