John Fitzgerald, Baron Fitzgerald

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John David Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald), Baron Fitzgerald PC (* 1. May 1816 in Dublin ; † 16th October 1889 ) was an Irish - British politician of the Liberal Party and a lawyer , who several years deputy in the House of Commons , and most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary based on the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

After attending school, Fitzgerald completed a law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1838 with the Irish Bar Association of King's Inns in Dublin. He then began working as a barrister , and was awarded the title of in 1847 Kronanwalts ( Queen's Counsel excellent) in Ireland.

On July 7, 1852 he was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the House of Commons and represented in this until 1860 the constituency of Ennis . During his membership in parliament Fitzgerald, who also became a member of the Irish Privy Council in 1856, was between 1855 and 1856 first Solicitor General and then from 1856 to 1858 for the first time Attorney General of Ireland. Between 1859 and 1860 he was Irish Attorney General for the second time.

After leaving the House of Commons in 1860, Fitzgerald was appointed as a judge at the Irish Court of Queen's Bench , one of the so-called Four Courts , and served there until 1882.

Last Fitzgerald was a Letters Patent of June 23, 1882 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Fitzgerald , of Kilmarnock in the County of Dublin to a member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until his Death in 1889 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). In addition, he was accepted as a member of the British Privy Council in 1882.

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