Joseph Arnould

Life

Born at Camberwell, he was the only son of Dr. Joseph Arnould and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Baily. He was the great-uncle of the actor, Laurence Olivier. He was educated at Charterhouse School For some time he wrote articles for the Daily News (UK) and in 1848 he published his first book. Arnould presided in the 1862 Maharaj Libel Case and the 1866 Aga Khan case and retired three years later in 1869.

A close friend of the poet Robert Browning, he won himself the Newdigate Prize, awarded by the University of Oxford in 1834. During his time with the Middle Temple, Arnould befriended also and shared rooms with Alfred Domett. In January 1841, he married Maria, daughter of H. G. Ridgway. She died in 1859 and Arnould married a second time in the following year.

The Arnould Scholarship at the University of Bombay was named in his honour.

Family

He was married twice: first, in 1841, to Maria, eldest daughter of H. G. Ridgeway; and, secondly, in 1860, to Ann Pitcairn, daughter of Major Carnegie, C.B.

Works

• Law of Marine Insurance (1848)
• The Judgement in the Khoja Case (1866)
• Memoir of Thomas, First Lord Denman, Formerly Lord Chief Justice of England (1873)

References

;Attribution

References

1. (1906). "Robert Browning and Alfred Domett". Smith, Elder & Co..
2. Dod, Robert P.. (1860). "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland". Whitaker and Co..
3. "Bombay High Court, Official Website - Judges".
4. (2015). "How to Defame a God: Public Selfhood in the Maharaj Libel Case". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies.
5. Daftary, Farhad. (2001). "Mediaeval Isma'ili History and Thought". Cambridge University Press.
6. Boyd Litzinger. (1995). "Richard Browning: The Critical Heritage". Routledge.
7. (2000). "The Victorians: An Anthology of Poetry & Poetics". Wiley-Blackwell.