CAESAR, SIR JULIUS English judge, de scended from the dukes de' Cesarini in Italy, was born near Tottenham in Middlesex. He was educated at Magdalen hall, Oxford, and afterwards at the University of Paris, where in 1581 he was made a doctor of civil law. Two years later he was ad mitted to the same degree at Oxford, and also became doctor of the canon law. He held many high offices during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., including a judgeship of the admiralty court (1584), and chancellor and under treasurer of the exchequer (1606). He was knighted by King James in 1603, and in 1614 was appointed master of the rolls, an office which he held till his death on April 18, 1636. He was so remarkable for his charity that it was said of him that he seemed to be the almoner-general of the nation. His manuscripts, many of which are now in the British Museum, were sold by auction in 1757 for over L500.
See E. Lodge, Life of Sir Julius Caesar (181o) ; Wood, Fasti Oxonienses, ed. Bliss; Foss, Lives of the Judges.