Talk:Cresswell Cresswell

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Sources[edit]

The Nuttall entry says solely:

Creswell, Sir Creswell, judge, born in Newcastle; represented Liverpool in Parliament; was raised to the bench by Peel, and, on the establishment of the Divorce Court, was in 1858 named first judge (1794-1863).

So where has the rest of the info come from? Google doesn't yield much.Cutler 00:32, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Succession box needed[edit]

Cresswell Cresswell could do with a succession box similar to Howard Douglas -- billinghurst (talk) 10:55, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of Carthusians, 1800-1879[edit]

This book gives the following snippet:
CRESSWELL (Sir) Cresswell Easterby]] (Knt.), 1806-8. 4th son of Francis Easterby, of Blackheath, who assumed the name of Cresswell on his marriage, b. 1793. Em. Coll. Cam. Barrister. M.P. for Liverpool 1837-41. Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1842. (Knighted). Judge of the Probate and Divorce Court. Governor of Charterhouse, d. 1863 -- billinghurst (talk) 11:01, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mother's name[edit]

How is mother's name Dorothea nee Cresswell, when she married Easterby. Is the explanation that she had previously been married to someone else? ROxBo (talk) 11:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]