CROMPTON

Sir Charles John ( 3 son of Peter Crompton, M.D. of Derby ). b. Derby 12 June 1797; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister I.T. 23 Nov. 1821, bencher 1851; tubman in Court of Exchequer, postman; contested Preston, Dec. 1832 and Newport, Isle of Wight, July 1847; a e or of Court of Pa age, Liverpool 1836–52; a comr. of inquiry into Court of Chancery, Dec. 1850; justice of Court of Queen’s Bench, Feb. 1852 to death; serjeant-at-law Feb. 1852; knighted at St. James’s palace 26 Feb. 1852; author with John Jervis of Reports in the Court of Exchequer 1830–32, 2 vols. 1832–33; with Roger Meeson of Reports in the Court of Exchequer 1832–34, 2 vols. 1834–35; with R. Meeson and Henry Roscoe of Reports in the Court of Exchequer 1834–36 , 2 vols. 1834–36. d. 22 Hyde park sq. London 30 Oct. 1865. Law mag. and law review xxiii , 1–30 (1867); I.L.N. xxi , 356 (1852), portrait .