| 词条 | John Willes (judge) |
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Sir John Willes {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC|KC}} (29 November 1685{{snd}}15 December 1761) was an English lawyer and judge who was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas since the 15th century. He was also a Member of Parliament. LifeHe was born at Bishop's Itchington in Warwickshire; his father, the Reverend John Willes, vicar of the parish, was a younger son of the long-established Willes family of Newbold Comyn. Dr. Edward Willes, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was his brother. Their mother was Anne (or Mary) Walker, daughter of Sir William Walker, who was three times Mayor of Oxford between 1674 and 1685. Willes was educated at Lichfield Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford, and was also elected a fellow of All Souls. While he was a student at Oxford he got into serious trouble for publishing pamphlets about the Government which were arguably seditious, and was threatened with prosecution as a result. His career was saved by the intervention of his fellow student John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, who pleaded for clemency. Granville often said in later years that he had made Willes a judge by saving him from the pillory. Willes joined Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1713; in 1719 he became a King's Counsel, and in 1726 he was appointed a Puisne Justice of Chester on the Chester circuit, rising to Chief Justice of Chester in 1729. He had meanwhile entered Parliament as MP for Launceston in 1722, and subsequently also represented Weymouth and Melcombe Regis and West Looe. In 1734 he was appointed Attorney General, and knighted. In 1735 he purchased the manor of Astrop, Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire where he built a new mansion Astrop House, (now a Grade II* listed building).[1][2] In 1737 he was elevated to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the third most senior judge in the English legal system as it then existed, and held this post until his death in 1761; at the same time he was appointed to the Privy Council. By his wife Margaret Brewster he had four sons and four daughters. He is also reputed to have had numerous illegitimate children, none of whom he acknowledged or made any provision for. Of his children John (1721–1784) inherited Astrop Park and became a Member of Parliament and Edward (1723–1787) followed his father to the Bar and in due course became Solicitor General (1766–1768) and a judge of the Court of King's Bench. Sir John also encouraged his younger cousin Edward of Newbold Comyn to become a barrister: Edward went on to have a distinguished career, ending as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. In character Sir John was described by Horace Walpole as a man of open character, sharp intelligence and "strong passions which could not be concealed", He was notorious for gambling and womanising, and had several illegitimate children. When objections were made to his promotion on the grounds of his debauched lifestyle, Sir Robert Walpole reportedly joked that he had always understood that such conduct was an essential qualification for high judicial office. William Hogarth portrayed him unflaterringly in a number of cartoons. He was notably severe towards all legal practitioners, especially attorneys, who appeared in his court. References1. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1314833/Maurice-Willes.html|title= Maurice Willes|publisher= The Telegraph|accessdate = 12 April 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-423234-astrop-house-kings-sutton-northamptonshi |title = Astrop House, King's Sutton|publisher = British Listed Buildings |accessdate = 12 April 2013}}
| title = Member of The Parliament for Launceston | with = Alexander Pendarves 1724–1725 John Freind 1725–1726 | years = 1724–1726 | before = Alexander Pendarves John Freind | after = Henry Vane John Freind }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | with = William Betts Sir James Thornhill Thomas Pearse 1726–1727 Edward Tucker 1727 | years = 1726–1727 | before = William Betts Sir James Thornhill Thomas Pearse John Ward | after = William Bett Sir James Thornhill Edward Tucker Thomas Pearse }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for West Looe | with = Edward Trelawny 1727–1733 Thomas Walker 1733–1734 Edward Trelawny 1734–1735 John Owen 1735–1737 | years = 1727–1737 | before = Sir John Trelawny Edward Trelawny | after = John Owen Sir John Strange }}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title = Attorney-General | years = 1734–1737 | before = Sir Philip Yorke | after = Sir Dudley Ryder}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box | title = Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | years = 1737–1761 | before = Sir Thomas Reeve | after = Sir Charles Pratt}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Willes, John}} 11 : 1685 births|1761 deaths|Attorneys General for England and Wales|Chief Justices of the Common Pleas|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1722–27|British MPs 1727–34|British MPs 1734–41|Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford|Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall |
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