Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet
- Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet
Sir Joseph Napier, 1st Baronet (26 December 1804 – 9 December 1882) was an Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
He was the son of William Napier and was born in Belfast, Ireland. He attended the Belfast Academical Institution and Trinity College, Dublin, before being called to the Irish Bar in 1831. He became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1844.[cite web | title=Joseph Napier | work=Dictionary of Ulster Biography | url=http://www.ulsterbiography.co.uk/biogsN.htm | accessdate=2008-07-09] ]He was MP for Dublin University from 1848 to 1858, after failing to be elected in 1847. He became Attorney General for Ireland from March to December 1852. He was also made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland 1852. He received a Doctorate of Civil Law in 1853.
Napier left the House of Commons when he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1858, an office he held until 1859. He was created a Baronet in 1867 and appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1868. His publications include educational and legal works.
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* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. I 1832-1885", edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* Andrew Shields, The Irish Conservative Party, 1852-1868: Land, Politics and Religion (Dublin, 2007)
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=1TA3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33#PPA33,M1 Authorized Report of the Proceedings of the Church Congress] held at York, 1866. with speech from Napier
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