Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Stoddart, (Sir) John

by Joseph Foster

Stoddart, (Sir) John, s. John, of Westminster (city), gent. Christ Church, matric. 25 Oct., 1790, aged 17; B.A. 1794, B.C.L. 1798, D.C.L. 1801, 'Dr. Slop,' a member of the College of Advocates 1801, King's advocate and Admiralty advocate, Malta, 1803-7, leader writer for the Times 1812-16, established the New Times, Feb., 1817 (discontinued in 1828), president of the High Court of Appeal and judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Malta, 1826-29, knighted 27 July, 1826, died 16 Feb., 1856, father of the next named.