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He was one of three judges at the 188-day long trial in 1873 of [[Arthur Orton]], the [[Tichborne case|Tichborne claimant]]. In his description of the case, James Beresford Atlay described him as 'second to none amongst the Common Law judges'.<ref>{{cite book | author= Atlay, James Beresford | title= Famous trials of the century | chapter= "The trial at bar" | chapterurl= http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/atlay/tichborne11.htm | page= 355 | location= London | publisher= Grant Richards | year= 1899 }}</ref> Hamilton notes he 'often amused the jury with his dry humour'.<ref name="DNB">{{cite book | title= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | chapter= Mellor, Sir John (1809–1887) | author= Hamilton, J A | coauthors= Sinéad Agnew | publisher= Oxford University Press | year= 2004 | doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/18534}}</ref> |
He was one of three judges at the 188-day long trial in 1873 of [[Arthur Orton]], the [[Tichborne case|Tichborne claimant]]. In his description of the case, James Beresford Atlay described him as 'second to none amongst the Common Law judges'.<ref>{{cite book | author= Atlay, James Beresford | title= Famous trials of the century | chapter= "The trial at bar" | chapterurl= http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/atlay/tichborne11.htm | page= 355 | location= London | publisher= Grant Richards | year= 1899 }}</ref> Hamilton notes he 'often amused the jury with his dry humour'.<ref name="DNB">{{cite book | title= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | chapter= Mellor, Sir John (1809–1887) | author= Hamilton, J A | coauthors= Sinéad Agnew | publisher= Oxford University Press | year= 2004 | doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/18534}}</ref> |
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He and his wife Elizabeth (née Moseley) had eight children. He retired in 1879 and was raised to the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]]. He died at his [[London]] house in 1887 and was buried at [[Kingsdown, Kent]].<ref name="DNB"/> |
He and his wife Elizabeth (née Moseley) had eight children.{{citation needed}} He retired in 1879 and was raised to the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]]. He died at his [[London]] house in 1887 and was buried at [[Kingsdown, Kent]].<ref name="DNB"/> |
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Mellor as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1873
Sir John Mellor (1 January 1809 – 26 April 1887) was an English judge and Member of Parliament. He was born in Hollinwood, Oldham and raised in Leicester, where his father was mayor and a Justice of the Peace.[1]
As a young man, his Unitarian beliefs prevented him attending university. He entered law, becoming Queen's Counsel in 1833. Following failed attempts in 1852 (at Warwick) and 1857 (at Coventry) he was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth in 1857, and Nottingham in 1859. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench in 1861 and knighted in 1862.[1]
Mellor was one of the two judges at the special commission set up in Manchester in 1867 to try those accused of the murder of Police Sergeant Charles Brett.[1]
He was one of three judges at the 188-day long trial in 1873 of Arthur Orton, the Tichborne claimant. In his description of the case, James Beresford Atlay described him as 'second to none amongst the Common Law judges'.[2] Hamilton notes he 'often amused the jury with his dry humour'.[1]
He and his wife Elizabeth (née Moseley) had eight children.[citation needed] He retired in 1879 and was raised to the Privy Council. He died at his London house in 1887 and was buried at Kingsdown, Kent.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hamilton, J A (2004). "Mellor, Sir John (1809–1887)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18534.
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