Charles O'Connor (Irish judge)

Charles O'Connor (Irish judge)

Charles Andrew O'Connor PC (31 December 1854 – 18 October 1928)[1] was an Irish judge, who served as the last Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

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Background and education

Born the day before New Year 1855, he was the third son of Charles Andrew O'Connor.[2] His mother Catherine was the daughter of C. G. Smyth.[2] O'Connor was educated at St Stanislaus College and went then to Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1876.[3] In the same year he was admitted to the Middle Temple and in 1877 became employed as an auditor at the College Historical Society.[4] A year later O'Connor was called to the Irish bar by King's Inns.[3] In 1890 he obtained his Master of Arts.[2]

Judicial career

O'Connor was appointed a King's Counsel in 1894 and was chosen a bencher after two years.[4] He was nominated a First Serjeant-at-Law in 1907 and became Solicitor-General for Ireland two years later.[4] In 1911 he took over as Attorney-General for Ireland, on whose occasion he was sworn of the Privy Council.[3] In the following year, he succeeded as Master of the Rolls in Ireland, which he held until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.[5] O'Connor resumed the position in the new state for the next two years until its abolishment in 1924.[5] Subsequently he received an appointment as justice at the Supreme Court of the Irish Free State, retiring after one year in 1925.[5]

Family

In 1890, O'Connor married Blanche, the daughter of James Scully.[2] He died in 1928.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Law Journal (1928), p. 215
  2. ^ a b c d Walford (1919), p. 1008
  3. ^ a b c Debrett (1922), p. 350
  4. ^ a b c Ball (2005), p. 383
  5. ^ a b c Who's Who (1926), p. 2176

References

  • Debrett, John (1922). Arthur G. M. Hesilrige. ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1922. London: Dean & Son Ltd.. 
  • Ball, F. Elrington (2005). The Judges in Ireland, 1221–1921. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. ISBN 1584774282. 
  • Who's Who 1926. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd.. 1926. 
  • Walford, Edward (1919). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd. 
  • The Law Journal for the Year 1928. vol. LXVI. London. 1928. 
Legal offices
Preceded by
Redmond John Barry		 Solicitor-General for Ireland
1909–1911		 Succeeded by
Ignatius O'Brien
Preceded by
Redmond John Barry		 Attorney-General for Ireland
1911–1913		 Succeeded by
Ignatius O'Brien
Preceded by
Richard Edmund Meredith		 Master of the Rolls in Ireland
1912–1924		 Office abolished

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