biography
| name: |
Macnaghten, Edward, Lord
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pronunciation:
[muhknawtn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1830–1913)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in London, UK . He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and Cambridge, where he was distinguished in both Classics and rowing. He became MP for Co Antrim 1880, declined the home secretaryship and a judgeship, and was then appointed direct from the bar in 1887 to be a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was a leader in reforming professional legal education. As a judge, he was erudite, but he had a knack of speaking concisely and authoritatively. |
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