Richard Robert Cherry PC QC (1859 - 1923)

Born 19 Mar 1859 in Waterford, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Wilhelmina (Cooper) Cherry — married 6 Oct 1886 in St Peters COI, parish record/Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Died 10 Feb 1923 at age 63 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Richard Robert Cherry PC, QC (b 19 March 1859 Waterford – d 10 February 1923 Dublin ) was an Irish politician and judge. He was Attorney-General for Ireland from 1905 to 1909, a judge of the Irish Court of Appeal and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland 1913–1916. A Liberal, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange in 1906. Cherry published works include Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities, 1890, and a book on the Irish Land Acts which was described as an indispensable part of every Irish barrister's library. He was president of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland between 1908 and 1911.

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