Richard Bligh (1780-1838) was a chancery barrister. The son of John Bligh and a cousin of Admiral William Bligh,[1] he was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1803 and M.A. in 1806.[2] He was called to the bar by the Society of the Inner Temple on 1 May 1807[3] and was admitted to the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 17 November 1826.[4] He 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.[2]
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.[2][5]
- A Digest of the Bankrupt Law. 1832.[2][6]
- 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.[2]
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. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 218.