Dictionary of Indian Biography/Colvile, Sir James William
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COLVILE, SIR JAMES WILLIAM (1810–1880)
Son of Andrew Wedderburn Colvile : born 1810 : educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar from the Inner Temple in 1835 : was appointed in 1845 to be Advocate-General, Bengal : made a Puisne Judge of the vSupreme Court, Calcutta, 1848 : knighted : Chief Justice, 1855–9, when he retired : was President of the Council of Education, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1848–59 : also Vice-President of the Governor-General's Legislative Council : after his retirement, he was Privy Councillor, and first Assessor, and, later. Member of the Judicial Committee : F.R.S. : died Dec. 6, 1880.