1To James Madison from John Graham, 10 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
...the summer of 1810 William Pinkney was frequently attacked in press accounts of his conduct as minister to Great Britain. Among the episodes receiving the most unfavorable notice were the award of a doctorate of civil laws to Pinkney from Oxford University, a version of an address to the Society for the Relief of Foreigners in London in which
2To James Madison from Samuel Peters, 2 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Esqr. who has been educated in the College of Artois in France, then 4 years at oxford university, then 4 years at the Temple in London & there was made a Barrester of Law and became a Special Pleader. I wish that his own Works & Abilities recommend him.
3To James Madison from William Pinkney, 17 December 1810 (Madison Papers)
William Scott (1745–1836) had lengthy careers in both politics and law. He first entered Parliament in 1790 where he held the seat for Oxford University until 1821. His true interests, however, were in admiralty and ecclesiastical law. In 1798 he was appointed to the Privy Council and to the judiciary of the High Court of Admiralty. In the latter capacity he delivered...
4To James Madison from William Thornton, 1 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
(Tony Rail, “Biographical Notes for William Steill Brown … and Some Biographical Notes for John Finch,” n.d., Harris Manchester College Library and Archives, Mss, Oxford University, 16–19).
5To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 28 February 1828 (Madison Papers)
William Buckland (1784–1856), a graduate and later fellow of Oxford University, became professor of mineralogy there in 1813. A leading geologist, Buckland twice served as president of the London Geological Society, was a member of the Royal Society, and in 1832 acted as president of the British Association...
6To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 21 July 1783 (Madison Papers)
...are much indebted to the courtesy and perseverance of Atcheson L. Hench, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia. Following much unrewarding correspondence, he was supplied with the elusive reference by a “‘learned friend’ of a man in Oxford” University (Letters of Atcheson L. Hench, 9 Apr., 10 Apr. 1970).
7To James Madison from Jeremy Bentham, 30 October 1811 (Madison Papers)
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), a graduate of Oxford University, had read law at Lincoln’s Inn. He did not practice his profession, but by virtue of his application of the principles of utilitarianism, he became both a celebrated jurisconsult and a leading exponent of the ideas of...