John Connell (judge)

Sir John Connell (c.1765–1831) was a Scottish legal author and judge, specialising in both church law and naval procedures.

He was born in Glasgow a younger son of Arthur Connell a merchant and his wife Magdalen Wallace.

[3] From around 1816 he lived in Edinburgh, residing his final years at 16 Abercromby Place in the Second New Town.

[4] He died suddenly during a visit of his family to his brother-in-law Sir Archibald Campbell, 2nd Baronet at Garscube House north of Glasgow on 13 April 1831.

[citation needed] He married Margaret Campbell, a daughter of Sir Ilay Campbell, Lord President of the Court of Session, and their children included Arthur Connell FRSE.