Sir Henry Gwillim (c. 1759–1837)
Bushrod Washington cited Gwillim in a 9 August 1821 letter to Joseph Story.
Sir Henry Gwillim was born in Hereford, England. A lawyer, he served as chief justice of the Isle of Ely and first puisne judge of Madras, British India. Gwillim also published several legal works, including A New Abridgement of the Law (1798) and A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament (1801). Gwillim and his first wife, Elizabeth Symonds (d. 1808), had three children who died in infancy. He and second wife Elizabeth Chilman (m. 1812) had one daughter. Sir Henry Gwillim, knighted in 1801, died on 12 September 1837 in Staplefield, Sussex.
Julian James Cotton, List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest (Madras: Government Press, 1905), 57.
Henry Gwillim at The Gwillim Project.