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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 14: first weeks in London.—June and July, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
, 1790-1868. He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1834; was succeeded in a month, on a change of government, by Sir William W. Follett, but was reappointed six months later, and continued to hold the office until November, 1839, when he was raised e attentions of the Usher of the Black Rod! I am astonished at the reputation which is conceded to Follett Sir William Webb Follett, 1798-1845. He was elected to Parliament in 1835, 1837, and 1841; was Solicitor-General, 1834-35, under Sir Robehe Temple Church, bore an affectionate tribute to his memory,—Lives of the Lord Chancellors, Vol. VII. ch. CLXI. note. Follett wrote, Nov. 17, 1838, from Duke Street to Sumner: If you are not tired of English lawyers, will you do me the favor of mer lawyer at the bar. I have heard Sir William Alexander and Mr. Justice Vaughan, who remembers Lord Mansfield, say that Follett reminds them of him; but, with all the praise accorded to him from judges, lawyers, and even from Sir Peter Laurie (ex-m