Background
COHEN, Arthur was born on November 18, 1830 in London. Youngest son of late Benjamin Cohen.
COHEN, Arthur was born on November 18, 1830 in London. Youngest son of late Benjamin Cohen.
Studied at University College London. Cambridge. 5th Wrangler. Master of Arts.
President of the Cambridge Union Society, 1852. Member of Parliament Southwark, 1880. One of Her Majesty’s Counsel in the Alabama Arbitration.
Member of the Royal Commission for Unsea worthy Ships and Royal Commission on Trade Unions. Chairman of the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings. One of His Majesty’s Counsel at the Venezuela Arbitration at The Hague.
Member of the British Academy. Honourable Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Member of the Senate of the University of London. P.C. 1905; King’s Counsel, Judge of the Cinque Ports; Standing Counsel for the University of Cambridge since 1879; Counsel to His (or Her) Majesty Secretary of State for India since 1893.
Clubs: Reform, Oxford and Cambridge, Athenaeum.