- Lewis Cave
Lewis William Cave (3 July 1832 – 7 September 1897) was a British judge.
He was born at
Desborough ,Northamptonshire , the eldest son of William Cave, a local landowner, and his wife, Elizabeth. After attendingRugby School , he went toLincoln College, Oxford , from where he graduated in 1855 with a degree inhumanities .Shortly after graduating, Cave started studying law, and married Julia Watkins, the daughter of the vicar of
Brixworth on 5 August 1856. Cave was called to the bar on 10 June 1859 and built up a large general practice in theEnglish Midlands .In 1873, he was appointed recorder of
Lincoln, Lincolnshire , and two years later became aQueen's Counsel . He edited several legal texts, including Stone's "Practice of Petty Sessions" (1861), "Reports of the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved", Addison's "Treatise on the Law of Contracts" (1869; 1875) and Addison's "Law of Torts" (1879).Despite being well-known in the Midlands, Cave was not well-known in London. His appointment as a Justice of the
Queen's Bench in 1881, and his coincident knighthood, came as something of a surprise.As a judge, he gained a reputation as bluff and concise, often cutting short arguments which he considered too lengthy.
References
Rigg, James McMullen, (2004). [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4923 "Cave, Sir Lewis William (1832–1897)"] , revised by Hugh Mooney, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press. Accessed 15 July 2008.
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