Samuel Toller

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Sir Samuel Toller (1764–1821)[1] was an English advocate-general of Madras and legal writer.

Life[edit]

He was son of Thomas Toller (1732–1795), who succeeded his father-in-law, Samuel Lawrence, as preacher to the Presbyterian congregation in Monkwell Street, London. He was educated at Charterhouse School.[1]

Toller was admitted to Lincoln's Inn 27 March 1781, was called to the bar, and in March 1812 was appointed Advocate-General of Madras. He was subsequently knighted, and died in India on his way to Bangalore on 19 November 1821.[2]

Works[edit]

Toller was the author of two legal works:[2]

  • The Law of Executors and Administrators, London, 1800; 7th ed. by Francis Whitmarsh, 1838; 2nd American edit. by T. F. Gordon, Philadelphia, 1824, 3rd American edit. by E. D. Ingraham, 1834.
  • Treatise of the Law of Tithes: compiled in Part from some Notes of Richard Wooddeson, London, 1808; 3rd ed. 1822.

Family[edit]

In 1793 Toller married Miss Cory of Cambridge, sister of Robert Towerson Cory, by whom he had issue.[2] Of three daughters:

Toller died intestate. Through the law firm Brundrett & Spinks, his estate was paid to sons Edward, Thomas and Frederick.[11][12]

Frederick Toller[edit]

Frederick Toller entered St Bees Theological College in 1834;[13] and was ordained priest by Charles Longley, the Bishop of Ripon, in 1838.[14] He was parish priest in a number of parishes on both sides of the Pennines. He was perpetual curate at Mytholmroyd in 1837.[15] He was carrying out baptisms in Bury, Lancashire in 1837;[16] and from 1837 to 1840 he was vicar of Hebden Bridge.[17] In 1841 he was the incumbent at Crosscrake chapel.[18] He applied for financial support to re-endow St Laurence's Church, Morland in 1844.[19] He carried out baptisms in Thornton-le-Fylde in 1845–6.[20]

Toller officiated at St Mary, Stoke Newington on 2 August 1851, for the wedding of his niece Caroline Maria Foy, daughter of William Foy of Stoke Newington, to Alexander Nowell Robertson.[21] At this period, from December 1850 to April 1852, he was headmaster of the school at Cavendish, Suffolk.[22] In 1852 he was at Ballingdon.[23]

By 1854 Toller was in the Midlands, at Stone, Staffordshire in 1854.[24] From there, that year, he published an edition of Phaedrus, for school use, translated into English verse.[25] In 1859, when he was curate of St Andrew's Church, Bordesley, a son Ludovic Thomas died.[26] His wife Ann died at Winslow, Buckinghamshire in 1863, aged 39.[27] Toller died at Datchworth in 1864, aged 57. He had been curate at Hanley, Staffordshire.[28]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Stearn, Roger T. "Toller, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27501. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Toller, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ "Malkin, William (MLKN811W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  5. ^ a b Cotton, Julian James (1905). List of Inscriptions on Tombs Or Monuments in Madras Possessing Historical Or Archaeological Interest. Superintendent, Government Press. p. 87.
  6. ^ Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1819. p. 200.
  7. ^ Cotton, Julian James (1945). List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras. Vol. I. p. 119.
  8. ^ Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia. Wm. H. Allen & Company. 1825. p. 618.
  9. ^ "Deaths". Homeward Mail from India, China and the East. 22 November 1875. p. 20.
  10. ^ "Deaths". The Hour. 22 November 1875. p. 1.
  11. ^ Britain, Great (1833). The London Gazette. T. Neuman.
  12. ^ "Brundrett & Co OF 10 Kings Bench Walk, Solicitors: Clients' Papers". TNA.
  13. ^ St Bees College Calendar (1856). The St. Bees College Calendar. p. 24.
  14. ^ The Ecclesiastical gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the Church of England. 1839. p. 31.
  15. ^ Foster, Joseph (1890). Index Ecclesiasticus: Or, Alphabetical Lists of All Ecclesiastical Dignitaries in England and Wales Since the Reformation. Parker & Company. p. 174.
  16. ^ "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project". www.lan-opc.org.uk.
  17. ^ "Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : T". www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk.
  18. ^ Whellan, William (1860). The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland: With Furness and Cartmel, in Lancashire, Comprising Their Ancient and Modern History, a General View of Their Physical Character, Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, Agricultural Condition, Statistics, Etc., Etc. W. Whellan and Company. p. 837.
  19. ^ Great Britain Parliament House of Commons (1848). Parliamentary Papers. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 28.
  20. ^ "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project". www.lan-opc.org.uk.
  21. ^ "Marriages". Saint James's Chronicle. 5 August 1851. p. 4.
  22. ^ "East Anglian Miscellany". East Anglian Daily Times. 16 March 1901. p. 11.
  23. ^ Slater, Isaac (1852). Slater's, late Pigot & co., royal national and commercial directory and topography of the counties of Bedfordshire, Berkshire. p. 69.
  24. ^ Kelly's Directories Ltd (1854). Post office directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, and part of Staffordshire (of Birmingham, with Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire) [afterw.] Kelly's directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. p. 384.
  25. ^ Gentleman's Magazine, Or Monthly Intelligencer. Edward Cave. 1864. p. 660.
  26. ^ "Died". Birmingham Daily Post. 14 January 1859. p. 2.
  27. ^ "Winslow". Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette. 28 March 1863. p. 7.
  28. ^ "Deaths". Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette. 16 August 1864. p. 4.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1898). "Toller, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 56. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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