The Justices

The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William was a small bench of British judges administering English law in Bengal. These are the men whose work fills the notebooks.

Justice John Hyde

Puisne judge and the most diligent note-taker of the court. His notebooks are the corpus.

Sir Robert Chambers

Second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Vinerian professor, friend of Samuel Johnson.

Sir William Jones

Judge, philologist and founder of the Asiatic Society, who identified the Indo-European language family.

Sir Elijah Impey

First Chief Justice, whose conflict with the Governor-General shaped the court's early years.