Sir William Webb Follett

(1796-1845)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Follett, William Webb, Sir, 1798-1845 NRA: Follett Sir William Webb (1798-1845) Knight Attorney General DNB: Follett, Sir William Webb (1796-1845), lawyer and politician LBT ID: WiFolle1845 VIAF ID: 16333561 LOC ID: n88255733	B/BAP: 1796-12-02 DIED: 1845-06-28
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Lawyer, MP, and solicitor-general under Robert Peel (1834-35, 1841); he was made attorney-general in 1844. He appeared against Lord Melbourne in the crim. con. case involving Caroline Norton.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Webb Follett: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 May 1836 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXVI. Found 1: ¶ 52 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1835-36