Edmund Widdrington Byrne
Sir Edmund Widdrington Byrne (30 June 1844 – 4 April 1904) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.[1]
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Life
Byrne was born in Islington, London, and was the son of Edmund Byrne, solicitor, and his wife Mary Elizabeth, née Cowell. He was educated at King's College London and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1867.[1][2] In 1874 he married Henrietta Gulland of Newton Wemyss, Fife.[1][2] He established a conveyancing and equity practice, and "took silk" to become a Queen's Counsel in 1888, and attached himself to the court of Mr Justice Chitty.[1][2]
In 1892 he was selected to contest the South Western or Walthamstow Division of Essex as the candidate of the Conservative Party.[3] He was elected, and retained the seat with an increased majority at the ensuing election in 1895.[1][2]
In January 1897 Justice Chitty retired, and Byrne was selected to fill the vacancy as a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.[4] This required him to resign his seat in parliament.[5] He was knighted in May of the same year.[6]
He continued to sit at the High Court until shortly before his death. He died at his London home, 33 Lancaster Gate, from acute bronchitis and pneumonia.[1][2] He was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[1]
Family
Byrne married Henrietta Johnstone, on 13 August 1874. She was the daughter of James Gulland of Newton, of Wemyss, Fifeshire.[7]
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26815. p. 338. 19 January 1897.
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26856. p. 2928. 25 May 1897.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Edmund Byrne
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Walthamstow 1892–1897 |
Succeeded by Sam Woods |
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