Background
He was born on 28 July 1841 at Clonbrock in Queen"s County (now County Laois), Ireland.
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John Edge
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Trinity College.
Career
His family claimed a Saxon origin and had been in Ireland since the Stuart period. Edge was privately educated prior to attending Trinity College, Dublin between 1858 and 1861. Two years later, he was admitted to the English bar by the Middle Temple and proceeded to practise in the north of that country.
He replaced William Comer Petheram in that role and was based in Allahabad.
Holding office until 1898, Edge proved to be a capable leader of a court that included several other very talented judges. He also demonstrated considerable administrative skills, such as arranging for the codification of the court"s rules and, between 1887-1893, serving as the first vice-chancellor of the University of Allahabad.
He also headed the famine relief committee set up in response to the 1896 famine in India. lieutenant was at this time that he was also elected to the bench of the Middle Temple, of which he served as treasurer in 1919.
In 1902, he also served on a Royal Commission that investigated the Boer War and in 1905 was involved in an inquiry that ultimately had a part in the creation of the Court of Criminal Appeal.
Edge became a privy counsellor in January 1909 and in that role he heard many legal appeals from India between 1916 and May 1926, when he retired completely, just short of his 85th birthday. Edge married Laura Loughborough, the daughter of a solicitor from Surrey in England, in September 1867. John Edge died suddenly on 30 July 1926 at his house, 123 Oakwood Court in Kensington, London.
Achievements
Membership
A member of the Middle Temple, of which he acted for some time as treasurer, he was also appointed a judicial member of the Council of India and a member of the Privy Council. He was awarded both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from that institution and was called to the Irish bar in 1864 as a member of the King"s Inns in Dublin. In January 1899, after his recent retirement from the Chief Justice role, Edge became a judicial member of the Council of India and retained that role until 1908.
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Nationality
British