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BLACKBURNE, FRANCIS (1782-1867)

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BLACKBURNE, FRANCIS (1782-1867)

BLACKBURNE, See also:
FRANCIS
FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)
FRANCIS (1782-1867) , See also:

lord See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of See also:

Ireland, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

GREAT

Great Footstown, Co. See also:

MEATH (pronounced with th soft, as in the)

Meath, Ireland, on the 11th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1782. Educated at Trinity See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, he was called to the See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

bar in 18os, and practised with great success on the See also:

home See also:

CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit. Called to the Irish bar in 1822, he vigorously administered the Insurrection See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act in See also:

LIMERICK

Limerick for two years, effectually restoring See also:

order in the See also:

DISTRICT

district. In 1826 he became a See also:

SERJEANT

serjeant-at-See also:

law, and in 1830, and again, in 1841, was See also:

ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

general for Ireland. In 1842 he became See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls in Ireland, in 1846 See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

queen's See also:

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, and in 1852 (and again in 1866) lord chancellor of Ireland. In 1856 he was made a lord justice of See also:

APPEAL

appeal in Ireland. He is remembered as having prosecuted O'Connell and presided at the trial of See also:

Smith O'Brien. He died on the 17th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September x867.

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