Henry Bret Ince

Henry Bret Ince QC (1830 – 7 May 1889) was a British businessman, writer, and politician.

Ince was the eldest son of Edward Bret Ince, publisher of the "Law Journal". He was trained to the law, and became a barrister of the Inner Temple on 1 November 1852. In 1858, he published a legal commentary, "A systematic treatment of the Trustee Act, 1850, and the Extension Act of 1852". He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn "ad eundem" in 1859.

Ince was also connected with the shipping business, and was a leader writer for the "Daily News". He reported the proceedings in Vice-Chancellor Wood's court for "The Jurist".

On 28 June 1875, Ince took silk, and he was made a bencher of Lincoln's Inn on 4 November 1878. He was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1883. When that constituency was reduced by a member in 1885, he was returned for Islington East, but was defeated in 1886. He died at Lincoln's Inn in 1889.

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*cite book | title=Modern English Biography v. 2 | first=Frederic | last=Boase | publisher=Netherton & Worth | year=1897 | page=7 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=_IVmAAAAMAAJ | accessdate=2008-09-18