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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
any of the graces. He has a marked Scotch accent still. He is a very powerful lawyer; but his manner is harsh and coarse, without delicacy or refinement. I think he is not much liked at the bar; though all bow to his powers. They call him Jack Campbell. We pronounce his name wrong in America. All the letters, including the b, are pronounced; thus, Campbell, and not Camell, as we say. He was astonished when I told him that his Reports had been republished in America; and I thought he was nCampbell, and not Camell, as we say. He was astonished when I told him that his Reports had been republished in America; and I thought he was not a little gratified. He has been quite kind to me, both in town and country. I visited him at Duddingstone House, and have received many civilities from him in London. Sir William FollettAnte, Vol. I. p. 332. is truly a lovable person; and one great secret of his early success has been his amiability. He is about forty-two, and is still youthful in manners and conduct. As a speaker he is fluent, clear, and distinct, with a beautiful and harmonious voice. He seems to have a genius for
The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Lord Campbell. (search)
s made Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In 1841 he was created a Baron. From that time till 1850 he devoted himself to literary pursuits, and published the Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Seal, from the earliest time to the reign of George the IV. It was a great work, in seven volumes. Following that was the Lives of the Chief Justices of England from the Norman Conquest to the death of Lord Mansfield. In 1830, on the retirement of Lord Derman, he was made Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. This brief record shows that this man who grew up from nothing to the highest English judicial position, is no common man. His opinions have vast Influence, not only from his position, but his eminent intellectual sagacity. A late writer says: "His intellectual powers are very clear and robust; his manners us plain and even plebeian, as to acquire for him the by name of 'plain Jack Campbell;' and his capacity for labor, always immense, is but slowly imparted by the of years."