Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1674-1726

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Name (Latin)
Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1674-1726
Other forms of name
Gilbert (Judge) (Geoffrey), 1674-1726
Gilbert, Jeffray, 1674-1726
Gilbert, Jeffrey, 1674-1726
Gilbert, Geoffrey, Sir, 1674-1726
Learned judge, 1674-1726
Lord Chief Baron, 1674-1726
Gilbert, Judge (Geoffrey), 1674-1726
Gilbert, Baron, 1674-1726
Gilbert, Jeffray, Sir, 1674-1726
Learned hand, 1674-1726
Late learned judge, 1674-1726
Date of birth
1674
Date of death
1726
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Law
Occupation
Judges
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2818730
Wikidata: Q6176003
Library of congress: n 85024846
Sources of Information
  • Jeffrey Gilbert on property and contract, 2019
  • Wikipedia, 10 March 2020(Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674-1726) was an English barrister, judge and author who held office as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in both Ireland and England. While he was serving as a judge in Ireland a routine judgment he delivered unexpectedly led to a major political crisis, as a result of which he was briefly imprisoned. He later became renowned for his legal treatises, none of which were published in his lifetime)
  • His The law of devises, revocations, and lost wills, 1756:t.p. (the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert)
  • LC in RLIN, 5/13/85(hdg.: Gilbert, Geoffrey, Sir, 1674-1726)
  • His A treatise of tenures, 1730:t.p. (by a learned hand)
  • His A treatise of tenures, 1738:t.p. (Late learned judge)
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Wikipedia description:

Sir Jeffrey Gilbert (1674–1726) was an English barrister, judge and author who held office as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in both Ireland and England. While he was serving as a judge in Ireland, a routine judgment he delivered unexpectedly led to a major political crisis, as a result of which he was briefly imprisoned. He later became renowned for his legal treatises, none of which were published in his lifetime.

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