Education
He was educated at Shrewsbury School and called to the bar in 1800 by Lincoln"s Inn.
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James Humphreys
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Politically he was a liberal. His major publication in the field of law reform was Observations on the Actual State of the English Laws of Real Property, with the outlines of a Code (1826). A native of Montgomeryshire, Humphreys was articled to a solicitor named Yeomans at Worcester.
He then entered Lincoln"s Inn in November 1789, read with Charles Butler, was called to the bar (25 June 1800), and obtained a good practice as a conveyancer.
Humphreys died on 29 November 1830, in Upper Woburn Place, London.
Politics
In politics Humphreys was a Whig and liberal, and was friendly with Charles James Fox, Henry Clifford, Sir James Mackintosh, and Sir Francis Burdett. He went to John Horne Tooke"s parties at Wimbledon, and delivered a course of lectures on law at the newly founded University of London.
