Frederic Philip Tomlinson

Frederic Philip Tomlinson (10 July 1846 - 31 August 1883) was an English barrister and legal scholar. He was co-editor of Harris's Principles of the Criminal Law, which was a leading textbook on English criminal law.

Early life and education

Tomlinson was born on 10 July 1846 at Heysham, Lancashire, the fifth son of Thomas Tomlinson, a barrister, and Sarah Mashiter, daughter of the Rev. Roger Mashiter of Bolton-le-Sands. and he wrote The Judicature Acts and Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883: With Notes and Index, which was published posthumously in 1884.

Personal life and death

On 29 July 1876, Tomlinson married Mary Reid, eldest daughter of Sir James John Reid, a Scottish advocate and former colonial Chief Justice of the Ionian Islands.

He died after a short illness on 31 August 1883 at Mouswald, Dumfriesshire, aged 37.