Stephen

( Sir James FitzJames), English judge and writer, b. London, 3 March, 1829. Studied at Cambridge, graduated B.A. ’52, and was called to the bar in ’54. He was counsel for the Rev. Rowland Williams when tried for heresy for writing in E ays and Reviews , and his speech was reprinted in ’62. He wrote in the Saturday Review , and reprinted E ays by a Barrister . From Dec. ’69, to April, ’72, he was Legal Member of the Indian Council, and in ’79 was appointed judge. He is author of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity , ’73, and some valuable legal works. He has written much in the Nineteenth Century , notably on the Blasphemy Law ’83, and Modern Catholicism, Oct. ’87.