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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Impey, Sir Elijah
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Indian judge, born at Hammersmith; educated at Cambridge, and called to the bar in 1756; was sent out to Bengal as first Chief-Justice in 1774; he supported Warren Hastings's administration, and presided over the court which sentenced Nuncomar to death for forgery; in the quarrel over Hastings's alleged resignation he decided in favour of the governor; was recalled and impeached for his conduct of the Nuncomar trial in 1783, but was honourably acquitted; resigning in 1789, he sat in Parliament for New Romney till 1796 (1732-1809).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Impey, Sir Elijah'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/i/impey-sir-elijah.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Impey, Sir Elijah'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/i/impey-sir-elijah.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
