(1811-1883) Baronet, writer on jurisprudence, born Berkshire, England; died London. He became a Catholic, 1850, and was henceforth the foremost lay defender of the Church in England. In Parliament he denounced the Italian Revolution, blaming Palmerston, Russell, and Gladstone for officially abetting it. His writings include commentaries on the constitutional and civillaws of England and a treatise on universal public law.
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