DWARRIS

Sir For tun at us William Lilley ( eld. son of William Dwarris of Warwick ). b. Jamaica 23 Oct. 1786; ed. at Rugby and Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1808; barrister L.I. 28 June 1811; bencher of M.T. 1850, treasurer 1859 laid foundation stone of new library, opened 31 Oct. 1861; comr. to inquire into administration of civil and criminal justice in West Indies 1822–26; one of Municipal corporation comrs. 18 July 1834; knighted at St. James’s palace 2 May 1838; recorder of Newcastle under Lyne 1837–58; master of court of Queen’s Bench 1838 to death; F.R.S. 22 April 1847; author of A general treatise on statutes 2 parts 1830–31, 2 ed. 1848; Alberic, consul of Rome 1832 anon., an historical drama in 5 acts; Some new facts and a suggested new theory as to the authorship of Junius 1850 privately printed, and other books. d. 75 Eccleston sq. London 20 May 1860. Journal of British Archæol. A oc. xvii , 182–3 (1861).