Stephen Adye (329)

Election date: 1772

Stephen Adye (d. 24 March 1794) was a British military officer, a scholar of the military justice system, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1772. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich beginning in 1757; by 1780, he had become a captain in the Royal Artillery of the British Army. Adye experienced active service throughout his career, including a stint as a brigade major during the American Revolutionary War, but he is most well-known for his writings on and participation in the military judicial system. He worked as a deputy judge-advocate-general in North America throughout the 1760s. In 1769, he published an influential treatise on the judicial procedures of the army. He was interested in both the historical development of the army’s legal process and its contemporary applications. He believed that all soldiers should be treated equally in the eyes of the law, regardless of their rank, and that courts-martial could guarantee just outcomes to an even greater extent than civilian jury trials. Adye and his wife, Elizabeth Hitchcock, had three sons, all of whom joined the Royal Artillery and continued their father’s legacy. He retired from the army in 1790 and died in 1794 on the island of Jersey. (DNB)



Member(s): Stephen Adye
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A treatise on courts martial : containing, I. remarks on martial law, and courts martial in general : II. the manner of proceeding against offenders : to which is added, an essay, on military punishments and rewards : by Stephen Payne Adye, first lieut. in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Creator(s):
Adye, Stephen Payne, -1794 (Author)
Publication:
New York: Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square, 1769.
Subjects:
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Early works to 1800. | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Military discipline -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Military law -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
Record Source:
ESTC
References:
Sabin 485 | Evans 11138 | Evans 16178
Editions:
2x 1769 (New York, London), 1x 1772 (London), 1x 1778 (London), 1x 1779 (London), 1x 1785 (London), 1x 1786 (London), 1x 1797 (London), 1x 1799 (London), 1x 1800 (Berkhamsted), 1x 1805 (London), 1x 1810 (London)
Editions Note:

Twelve editions: two in 1769 (New York, London), one in 1772 (London), one in 1778 (London), one in 1779 (London), one in 1785 (London), one in 1786 (London), one in 1797 (London), one in 1799 (London), one in 1800 (Berkhamsted), one in 1805 (London), and one in 1810 (London).
Per ESTC: "with a list of subscribers, consisting of the full names and ranks of nearly all British officers serving in the colonies in 1769, p. [140-145]. Dedicated to Thomas Gage."

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