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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Elijah Impey canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British judge
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chief justice ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | King George III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1732-06-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hammersmith
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| burialPlace | Newick, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Elijah Barwell Impey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harriet Impey NERFINISHED ⓘ other sons and daughters ⓘ |
| controversy | allegations of judicial misconduct in the Nandakumar trial ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1809-10-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Newick
NERFINISHED
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Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Middle Temple
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ Westminster School ⓘ |
| employer |
British Crown
NERFINISHED
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East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1783 ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir Elijah Impey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Elijah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
presided over the trial and execution of Maharaja Nandakumar in 1775
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recalled to England in 1783 to face charges in Parliament ⓘ |
| notableWork | administration of English law in Bengal ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newick, Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfParliamentaryInquiry | acquitted of charges ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Reade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1774 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
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Fort William, Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William