Horace Davey, Baron Davey

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Horace Davey, Baron Davey (1833-1907) ( George Frederick Watts )

Horace Davey, Davey Baron PC QC (* 29. August 1833 ; † 20th February 1907 ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who several years deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary , due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

After attending the Rugby School Davey graduated in subjects Classical Studies and Mathematics at the University College of the University of Oxford . After studying law , he was admitted to the bar ( Inns of Court ) of Lincoln's Inn in 1861 and then took up a position as a barrister . For his legal services, he became Crown Attorney ( Queen's Counsel ) in 1875 and served as legal advisor to the University of Oxford between 1877 and 1893. In 1878 he also became a so-called "Bencher" for the Lincoln's Inn law firm.

On March 31, 1880 he was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party to succeed Henry Drummond Wolff as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Christchurch until November 24, 1885 . In January 1886 he was appointed Solicitor General by Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone to succeed John Eldon Gorst and held this position until his replacement by Edward George Clarke a few months later. At the same time he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor's degree in 1886 and has since had the addition of "Sir".

After he had run unsuccessfully for a House of Commons mandate in both the constituency of Ipswich and the constituency of Stockport in 1886 , Davey was elected member of the House of Commons in the constituency of Stockton-on-Tees on December 21, 1888 and was a member of the House of Commons as a representative of the Liberal Party on July 4, 1892.

In 1893 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1894. He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1893 .

Last Davey was a Letters Patent from August 13, 1894 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Davey , of Fernhurst in the County of Sussex for a member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his Death in 1907 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary . In 1905 he became a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Davey, Horace, Baron Davey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1833
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1907