Mordaunt Wells
Mordaunt Wells
| Sir Mordaunt Wells | |||||||
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| Born | 1817 | ||||||
| Died | 1885 | ||||||
| Residence | 107 Victoria Street, Westminster | ||||||
| Occupation | legal | ||||||
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Judge of the Superior Court Calcutta
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A catalogue of Notable Middle Templars.
Wells, Sir Mordaunt Lawson. Admitted 22 Jan. 1838. Second son of Samuel Wells of Serjeant's Inn. He was called to the Bar 29 Jan. 1841. He was a successful advocate on the Norfolk Circuit, and at the Parliamentary Bar, and obtained the order of the Coif in 1856. He was recorder of Bedford till 1858, when he was appointed puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta, with the honour of knighthood. Two years later he became a member of the Indian Council, and took part in the revision of the Indian Criminal Code. In 1862 he was elevated to the High Court, but retained his position only till the following year through failing health. He returned to England and resumed his practice at the Bar till his death, 26 Nov. 1885
Born 1817 : called to the bar at the
Middle Temple, 1841 : Recorder of Bed-
ford: Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court,
Calcutta, 1859-62, and of the High Court,
1862-3 = Member of the Governor-
General's Legislative Council, i860 : died,
Nov. 26, 1885 : he provoked the Calcutta
native public by denouncing the whole-
sale forgeries of Bengali litigants, so that
a petition was presented for his recall,
which the Secretary of State rejected :
when he resigned, a testimonial was
presented to him.