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Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet (16 November 1810 – 1 February 1892) was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Warwickshire from 1874 to 1885. ==Career== Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot wrote a number of works, including a work in Latin in 1829, and in 1853, an update of his father's ''Abridgement of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England''.〔 Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)〕 He also wrote, in 1860, an analytical review of Lord Brougham's Law Reforms, in which he listed "no less than forty Statutes which he has initiated and carried through Parliament, besides upwards of fifty Bills introduced by him at various periods. Great portions of the latter have formed the basis of Legislation, and have been incorporated into other Acts", with others remaining unadopted at that time.〔 Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)〕 In 1855, he published ''A Tribute to Hydropathy'',〔 Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)〕 in which he recounts his own experience of health improvement via hydropathy at an establishment, including typical adjuncts such as exercise, "simplicity of diet", and the application of various hydrotherapeutic techniques. He also praised Captain R. T. Claridge “for his strenuous exertions in the cause”, to which every hydropathist “owes a deep debt of gratitude”.〔Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John E. (1855), p.6〕 While Eardley-Wilmot's publications preceding and subsequent to this work were on the "comparatively dry subject of Law Amendment",〔Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John E. (1860), p.vii〕 he indulged in some word-play in his preface to the fifth edition of ''Tribute to Hydropathy'', while at the same time driving home pertinent points.
Nevertheless, his tribute to, and discussion of, hydropathy was in earnest. While acknowledging that some physicians of the day considered hydropathy to be a dangerous experiment by credulous people with a passing fad, until leaving room for "fresh fallacies, to deceive the unwary",〔Eardley-Wilmot, Sir John E. (1855), pp.108-109〕 Eardley-Wilmot disagreed. He thought the underlying principles would prove sound, and that a solid foundation, simplicity of theory, and effective outcomes would outlast criticisms.
In 1859, he wrote a memoir on Thomas Assheton Smith, a famous fox hunter in the early 19th century. In 1893, the year after Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot died, his son, William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, who was named after the subject of the memoir, published a fifth edition of it. In the preface to the fifth edition, W.A. Eardley-Wilmot wrote: "The first edition appeared when I was a school boy at Old Charterhouse in the City, and I remember being sent to the office of the ''Sporting Magazine'' to copy out the verses on the celebrated Billesdon Coplow Run".〔 Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org). Preface to 5th edition by William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, named after the memoir's subject.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 2nd Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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