CHANNELL

Sir William Fry ( son of Pike Channell, an officer in the navy, afterwards a merchant in London ). b. 31 Aug. 1804; barrister I.T. 25 May 1827, went Home circuit; serjeant at law 19 Feb. 1840; shared with Serjeant Talfourd leading busine of Court of Common Pleas 1840–6 when practice was thrown open to the bar generally; obtained patent of precedence 1844; leader of Home circuit 1845–57; Baron of Court of Exchequer 12 Feb. 1857 to Jany. 1873; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 June 1857; i ued an addre to Beverley at general election July 1852 but withdrew before the election; nominated a P.C. Feb. 1873 but did not live to be sworn in. d. 2 Clarendon place, Hyde park gardens, London 26 Feb. 1873. Law mag. and law review ii , 351–4 (1873); I.L.N. lxii , 234, 249, 318 (1873), portrait . CHAPLIN, Charles . b. 21 April 1786; M.P. for Lincoln shire 25 June 1818 to 23 April 1831. d. London 24 May 1859.