Sir Elijah Impey

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Sir Elijah Impey was an 18th-century British judge best known for serving as the first Chief Justice in colonial India and for his controversial role in the trial of Maharaja Nandakumar.

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Sir Elijah Impey canonical 2
Elijah Barwell Impey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British judge ⓘ
chief justice ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy King George III ⓘ
birthCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
birthDate 1732-06-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Hammersmith ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
burialPlace Newick, Sussex ⓘ
child Elijah Barwell Impey ⓘ
linked to: Sir Elijah Impey

Harriet Impey ⓘ
other sons and daughters ⓘ
controversy allegations of judicial misconduct in the Nandakumar trial ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1809-10-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Newick ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
educatedAt Middle Temple ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer British Crown ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
endTime 1783 ⓘ
fullName Sir Elijah Impey ⓘ
givenName Elijah ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor association with Warren Hastings ⓘ
being the first Chief Justice in British India ⓘ
role in the trial of Maharaja Nandakumar ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
marriageDate 1766 ⓘ
memberOf Middle Temple ⓘ
notableEvent presided over the trial and execution of Maharaja Nandakumar in 1775 ⓘ
recalled to England in 1783 to face charges in Parliament ⓘ
notableWork administration of English law in Bengal ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
parliamentaryActivity gave evidence at the impeachment of Warren Hastings ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of Bengal ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal ⓘ
residence Calcutta ⓘ
Newick, Sussex ⓘ
resultOfParliamentaryInquiry acquitted of charges ⓘ
spouse Mary Reade ⓘ
startTime 1774 ⓘ
workLocation Calcutta ⓘ
Fort William, Bengal ⓘ

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Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William → firstChiefJustice → Sir Elijah Impey ⓘ
Sir Elijah Impey → fullName → Sir Elijah Impey ⓘ
Sir Elijah Impey → child → Elijah Barwell Impey ⓘ
linked to: Sir Elijah Impey