William Selwyn, QC^[1]

1775 - 1855  (80 years)

• Name	William Selwyn
  Suffix	QC
  Born	31 Mar 1775
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Kew House Road, Richmond   [2]
  Census	1851	Pagoda House, Kew Rd, Richmond   [3]
  Died	25 Jul 1855	Tunbridge Wells
  Age	80 years
  Buried	30 Jul 1855	St. Paul's, Rusthall, Kent
  	In memory of William Selwyn of Richmond Surrey One of Her Majesty's council Born March 31st 1775 Died July 25th 1855
  Person ID	I0376	The Selwyn Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	William Selwyn, KC,   b. 14 Jun 1732,   d. 21 Aug 1817, Selwyn Court, Richmond  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth Dod,   b. 1733,   d. 1800  (Age 67 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1763	St Mary The Virgin, Woodford, Essex, England
  Family ID	F039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laetitia Frances Kynaston,   b. 23 Dec 1774,   d. 17 Oct 1842, Pagoda House, Richmond  (Age 67 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1801
  Census	1851	Pagoda House, Kew Rd.
  Notes	Many pictures and documents of the Selwyn family at the National Library of New Zealand using the following search... http://natlib.govt.nz/photos?i[century]=1800&text=selwyn
  Children	1. Elizabeth Anne Selwyn,   b. 1803,   d. 1807  (Age 4 years)   2. William Selwyn,   b. 1804,   d. 1805  (Age 1 years)   3. The Rev. Canon William Selwyn,   b. 19 Feb 1806, St. Clement's, London ,   d. 24 Apr 1875, Effigy in Ely Cathedral  (Age 69 years)   4. Laetitia Frances Selwyn,   b. 11 Jul 1807, Harper St., London ,   d. 7 Nov 1886, Richmond  (Age 79 years)   5. Elizabeth Selwyn,   b. 1808,   d. 1811  (Age 3 years) + 6. The Rt. Rev. George Augustus Selwyn,   b. 05 Apr 1809, Church Row,Hampstead, England ,   d. 11 Apr 1878, Lichfield  (Age 69 years)   7. Thomas Kynaston Selwyn,   b. 19 Mar 1812, Hampstead ,   d. 05 Jul 1834, Chester  (Age 22 years) + 8. The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, PC QC,   b. 13 Oct 1813, Church Row, Hampstead ,   d. 11 Aug 1869, Pagoda House, Richmond  (Age 55 years)   9. Frances Elizabeth Selwyn,   b. 1815,   d. 1903, Cambridge  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1841 - Kew House Road, Richmond Census - 1851 - Pagoda House, Kew Rd, Richmond Census - 1851 - Pagoda House, Kew Rd. Died - 25 Jul 1855 - Tunbridge Wells Buried - 30 Jul 1855 - St. Paul's, Rusthall, Kent  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Portrait of William Selwyn (1775-1855). Selwyn family :Photographs. Ref: PAColl-9823-1-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23200885 Inscriptions: Inscribed - Verso - William Selwyn. b Mar 31 AD 1775. d July 28 AD 1855.
  		William Selwyn, QC as a young man
  		William Selwyn. Esq. QC Treasurer of Lincolns Inn 1775 - 1855 by George Romney

  
  

• Notes

  Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 9, 1792. [2nd] s. of William (1749), K.C., of London (and Frances Elizabeth, dau. of Dr John Dod, of Woodford, Essex). [B. 1775.] School, Eton. Scholar, 1792. Kept three terms. Migrated (age 18) to Trinity, Oct. 11, 1793. Matric. Michs. 1794; Scholar, 1795; B.A. 1797; Chancellor's (Classical) medal, 1797; M.A. 1800. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 30, 1793. Called to the Bar, Nov. 24, 1807. On the Western Circuit. Instructed the Prince Consort in the laws and constitution of England. Recorder of Portsmouth, 1819-29. K.C., 1827; Bencher, 1827. Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn, 1840. Married, June 11, 1801, Laetitia Frances, dau. of Thomas Kynaston, Esq., of Witham, Essex (d. 1842). Succeeded to the family property at Richmond on the death of his father. Resided at Pagoda House, New Road, Richmond and at Tunbridge Wells. Author, An Abridgement of Law of Nisi Prius; edited (with George Maule) Reports of Cases in the Court of King's Bench (6 vols., 1814-29). Died July 25, 1855, aged 80, at Tunbridge Wells; buried at Rustall. Brother of George (1784); father of George A. (1826), Thomas K. (1830), Charles J. (1832) and the next. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 473; D.N.B.) Entry on Wikipedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] The Gentleman's Magazine, 320 (Reliability: 3). [S23] 1841 Census for Surrey/Richmond/District 8. [S24] 1851 Census for Surrey Richmond District 2i.