Sir Elijah Impey was a British judge, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, Chief Justice of the Sadr Diwani Adalat and MP for New Romney.
Elijah Impey
Painting by Johan Zoffany of the family of Elijah and Mary Impey in Calcutta in 1783
Wall monument to Elijah Impey and his wife in St Paul's Church, Hammersmith, London UK
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William
The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, was founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862, when the High Court of Calcutta was established by the Indian High Courts Act 1861.
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William, c. 1786