Charles Sprengel Greaves MA QC (1802–1881), eldest son of William Greaves MD (1771–1848) of Mayfield, Staffordshire, by his first wife, Anne-Lydia, was born at Burton on 18 July 1802. [1] [2] [3] He entered Rugby School on 18 July 1816 [4] and matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 27 February 1819, [1] graduating BA on 25 November 1823 [5] (in the lower portion of the second class in classics) [6] and MA on 13 April 1825. [5] Greaves was called to the bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 22 November 1827, [7] entered the Inner Temple ad eundem in 1828, [8] and attended the Oxford Circuit and Gloucester Sessions. [7] He became Queen's counsel on 28 February 1850, [1] but by then he had for many years ceased to practise. [9] He became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn [8] on 15 April 1850. [2] He was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Staffordshire, and also a magistrate for the county of Derby. [3] [10] [11] He was the draftsman of the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 [12] and the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. [13] He became a Secretary to the Criminal Law Commission in 1878. He died at 11 Blandford Square, [1] London, on 3 June 1881. [2]
On 11 February 1841 he married Emma Frances Tyson [14] (d. 1880), [10] daughter of William Tyson of Ashbourne by his wife Lucia-Elizabeth. [14]
Greaves edited the third and fourth editions of Russell on Crime [1] and was, in this capacity, "a distinguished writer" on the subject of criminal law. [15] He was the author of:
Greaves was, with James John Lonsdale, joint author of A Letter to the Lord Chancellor, London, 1854, 8vo. [1] [21]
Greaves was a man "of high legal attainments" [22] and was "known as a gentleman of great learning, ability, and research". [23] [24]
Greaves was a "splendid polymath". [25] He was an antiquarian. [26] He was a member of the Archaeological Institute [27] [28] and the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. [29]
Charles Sprengel Greaves MA QC (1802–1881), eldest son of William Greaves MD (1771–1848) of Mayfield, Staffordshire, by his first wife, Anne-Lydia, was born at Burton on 18 July 1802. [1] [2] [3] He entered Rugby School on 18 July 1816 [4] and matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 27 February 1819, [1] graduating BA on 25 November 1823 [5] (in the lower portion of the second class in classics) [6] and MA on 13 April 1825. [5] Greaves was called to the bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 22 November 1827, [7] entered the Inner Temple ad eundem in 1828, [8] and attended the Oxford Circuit and Gloucester Sessions. [7] He became Queen's counsel on 28 February 1850, [1] but by then he had for many years ceased to practise. [9] He became a bencher of Lincoln's Inn [8] on 15 April 1850. [2] He was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Staffordshire, and also a magistrate for the county of Derby. [3] [10] [11] He was the draftsman of the Criminal Procedure Act 1851 [12] and the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts 1861. [13] He became a Secretary to the Criminal Law Commission in 1878. He died at 11 Blandford Square, [1] London, on 3 June 1881. [2]
On 11 February 1841 he married Emma Frances Tyson [14] (d. 1880), [10] daughter of William Tyson of Ashbourne by his wife Lucia-Elizabeth. [14]
Greaves edited the third and fourth editions of Russell on Crime [1] and was, in this capacity, "a distinguished writer" on the subject of criminal law. [15] He was the author of:
Greaves was, with James John Lonsdale, joint author of A Letter to the Lord Chancellor, London, 1854, 8vo. [1] [21]
Greaves was a man "of high legal attainments" [22] and was "known as a gentleman of great learning, ability, and research". [23] [24]
Greaves was a "splendid polymath". [25] He was an antiquarian. [26] He was a member of the Archaeological Institute [27] [28] and the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. [29]