Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Barton, Charles

by Thompson Cooper

BARTON, CHARLES (1768–1843), legal writer, was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1795, and practised as a conveyancer. He died at Cheltenham on 18 Nov. 1843, aged 75. His principal publications are: 1. 'Historical Treatise of a Suit in Equity,' 1796. 2. 'Elements of Conveyancing,' 6 vols., 1802—5, 2nd ed. 1821-2. 3. 'Original Precedents in Conveyancing.' 5 vols., 1807-10. 4. 'Practical Dissertations on Conveyancing,' 1828.

[Gent. Mag., new ser., xxii. 215; Clarke's Bibl. Legum. 213, 214, 244; Sweet's Cat. of Law Books (1883), 21; Biog. Dict. of Living Authors (1816), 16.]

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