James John Lonsdale (5 April 1810–11 November 1886) was an English barrister and judge.
Early life James John Lonsdale (1810–1886), second son of James Lonsdale the artist (1777–1839), was born on 5 April 1810.
Career In 1833, Lonsdale was appointed secretary to the Royal Commission on the Criminal Law, serving until 1845. In 1845, Lonsdale was appointed secretary to its successor, the Royal Commission on Revising and Consolidating the Criminal Law, serving until 1849.
He was the author of: The Statute Criminal Law of England (1839)For a copy of this book, see Google Books. For reviews of, and commentary on, this book, see "Review" (1839) 3 The Jurist 1109 (7 December 1839); Marvin's Legal Bibliography 475; "Defects of the Criminal Law" (1842) 28 Law Magazine 1 at 23, footnote 1; Soule, Lawyers' Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations, 1883, p 434. The Odes of Horace. Book 1 a verse translation (1879)For a copy of this book, see Internet Archive.
Lonsdale's judicial decisions have been reported by the Solicitors Journal,See eg (1867) 12 Solicitors Journal 71 (23 November 1867); "County Courts" (1871) 15 Solicitors Journal 215 the Law Times,See eg "County Courts" (1872) 53 Law Times 141, 204 and 428 the Law JournalSee eg "Select Cases in the County Courts" (1875) 10 Law Journal 280 and the Justice of the Peace.See eg "Hop Growers and Hop Dryers" in "Miscellaneous Information" (1869) 33 Justice of the Peace 137
Lonsdale was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on 22 November 1836. He was recorder of Folkestone from 5 August 1847 to the time of his death. He was judge of circuit No. 11 in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 14 February 1855 to 19 March 1867 and judge of circuit No. 48 in Kent from 19 March 1867 to March 1884.
Death Lonsdale died at The Cottage, Sandgate, Kent, 11 November 1886.Frederic Boase. Modern English Biography. Volume 2. Netherton and Worth. 1897. p. 1522.
References "Obituary" (1886) 21 The Law Journal 659 Google Books "Legal Obituary" (1887) 82 The Law Times 111 (1887) 31 Solicitors Journal 80 Joseph Foster. "Lonsdale, James John". Men at the Bar. Second Edition. 1885. p. 285. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. 1883, p. 397. 1884, p. 367. Mair, Robert Henry. "J. J. Lonsdale". Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench. 1867. p. 370. Walford, Edward. "Lonsdale, James John". The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. Fifth Edition. Robert Hardwicke. London. 1869. p. 616.
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