William Blackstone
Former Justice of the Common Pleas of England and Wales
Sir William Blackstone was an English jurist, justice and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known description of the doctrines of the English common law. Wikipedia
Born: July 10, 1723, London, United Kingdom
Died: February 14, 1780 (age 56 years), Wallingford, United Kingdom
Party: Tories
Influenced by: Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, and John Selden
Previous offices: Justice of the Common Pleas of England and Wales (1770–1780), Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain (1768–1770), and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (1761–1768)
Children: William Bertie Blackstone