He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780; in 1804 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was appointed Steward of Southwark. Silvester was the Commissioner of the Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London. He was created a baronet on 27 December 1814,[1] and was awarded the DCL of the University of Oxford in 1818.
Silvester is mentioned, though does not appear, in Bernard Cornwell's novel Gallows Thief, during his tenure as Recorder of London and senior Circuit Judge, in 1817.
john, silvester, baronet, september, 1745, march, 1822, english, lawyer, common, serjeant, london, from, 1790, 1803, recorder, london, from, 1803, until, death, 1822, john, silvester, 1815, born, yardley, house, chingford, silvester, john, baptist, silvester, . Sir John Silvester 1st Baronet FRS FSA 7 September 1745 30 March 1822 was an English lawyer and Common Serjeant of London from 1790 to 1803 and Recorder of London from 1803 until his death in 1822 1 Sir John Silvester c 1815 Born in Yardley House in Chingford 2 Silvester was the son of Sir John Baptist Silvester M D FRS died 1789 of Dutch descent and physician to the army in the Low Countries under the Duke of Cumberland during the War of the Austrian Succession In 1753 aged 8 John Silvester attended Merchant Taylors School when James Townley was the Headmaster He took part in the theatrical activities encouraged by Townley and was Head Monitor in 1761 He attended St John s College Oxford from 1764 and took his BCL in 1771 1 On qualifying in the Law he became a barrister at the Old Bailey Originally a City Common Pleader in 1790 he was chosen by the City of London Corporation to take up the post of Common Serjeant of London and on the death of Sir John William Rose in 1803 he was appointed Recorder of London the senior judge at the Old Bailey As Common Serjeant Silvester was regarded as uncouth and overly severe 3 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1780 in 1804 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was appointed Steward of Southwark Silvester was the Commissioner of the Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London He was created a baronet on 27 December 1814 1 and was awarded the DCL of the University of Oxford in 1818 Silvester married twice but had no children On his death in 1822 his baronetcy passed to his nephew Captain Philip Carteret Silvester RN CB His body was taken from his home in Bloomsbury Square to be buried with his family at All Saints Church in Chingford in Essex His bust was sculpted by Robert William Sievier and was displayed in the Old Bailey 4 but later moved to the Mansion House He was succeeded as Recorder of London by Newman Knowlys In popular culture editSilvester is mentioned though does not appear in Bernard Cornwell s novel Gallows Thief during his tenure as Recorder of London and senior Circuit Judge in 1817 Silvester was played by Aidan McArdle in the 2009 2011 BBC One television series Garrow s LawReferences edit a b c The Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Chronicle Volume 92 Part 1 1822 Google Books A History of the County of Essex Volume 5 1966 British History Online May Allyson N The Bar amp the Old Bailey 1750 1850 The University of North Carolina Press 2003 pg 150 Google Books Bust of John Silvester Courtauld Institute External links editPrints of Sir John Silvester from the collection of the British Museum Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet of Yardley 1815 1822 Extinct Baronet of Yardley 1822 Succeeded byPhilip Carteret Silvester Preceded byMcMahon baronets nbsp Silvester baronets of Yardley20 May 1815 Succeeded byAntrobus baronets Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir John Silvester 1st Baronet amp oldid 1222290075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
