Richard Vaughan Barnewall (1779/1780 – 29 January 1842) was an English lawyer and law reporter.
[1] Barnewall was a lifelong Roman Catholic, educated at Stonyhurst College and the University of Edinburgh.
A pupil of Richard Blick, a notable special pleader, Barnewall was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1806.
[1] Barnewall is best remembered as a careful and accurate reporter of the King's Bench, particularly in association with:[1] Barnewell retired in 1834, having inherited property from the baroness de Montesquieu.
He died at his chambers at 13 King's Bench Walk, never having married, being buried in Paddington churchyard.