Background
He was born in Dublin, third son of Denis George of Saint Stephen"s Green, who also owned lands in County Laois.
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Denis George
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Trinity College.
Career
He had a high reputation for integrity and humanity. Denis graduated Bachelor of Arts from the University of Dublin in 1773, entered Middle Temple in 1774 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1776. He was a commissioner in bankruptcy, became Recorder of Dublin in 1785 and Baron of the Exchequer in 1794.
He was frequently called on to sit on special commissions to deal with political crime, notably after the Rebellion of 1798, the Irish Rebellion of 1803, (led by Robert Emmet) and the agrarian unrest caused by a secret society called The Threshers in 1806.
His speech of welcome for the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, Henry Hutton, in 1803 shows how profoundly the Emmet Rising had shaken the ruling class, although he concluded optimistically that "the foul rebellion which disgraced our streets" had been largely extinguished by firm Government action. Even the harshest critics of the Irish judiciary had nothing but praise for him: he was described as a man of stainless reputation and of "unrivalled humanity".
