James Jardine (judge)
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Full name | James Jardine | ||||||||||||||
Born | 6 June 1846 Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 6 January 1909 St Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland | (aged 62)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1870–1874 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 September 2021 |
James Jardine QC (6 June 1846 – 6 January 1909) was an English first-class cricketer, academic, barrister and judge.
The son of William Jardine, he was born at Dunstable in June 1846. He was educated at Dunstable School, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge. He became a fellow at Caius in 1870.[1] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1871.[2] Jardine played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions between 1870 and 1874,[3] scoring 53 runs with a highest score of 21.[4] Jardine was appointed the Perry Professor of jurisprudence at Bombay University in British India in 1877, where he later served as the dean of the Faculty of Law.[1] He was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court in January 1886.[5] Jardine died in Switzerland at St Moritz in January 1909, following a short illness with pneumonia.[6]
References
- ^ a b Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 551. ISBN 9781108036139.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 241.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Jardine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Jardine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ The Solicitors' Journal. Vol. 30. London: Alexander & Shepheard. 1886. p. 158.
- ^ Mr. James Jardine K.C.. Cheltenham Examiner . 7 January 1909. p. 7
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- 1846 births
- 1909 deaths
- People from Dunstable
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Members of the Inner Temple
- English barristers
- Academic staff of the University of Mumbai
- Deans of law schools in India
- Judges of the Bombay High Court
- 19th-century King's Counsel
- 20th-century King's Counsel
- Deaths from pneumonia in Switzerland
- Cricketers from Bedfordshire