Background
The son of Henry Karslake, a solicitor and Confidential Secretary to the Duke of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Marsh Preston, the daughter of Richard Preston, Queen's Counsel and sometime Member of Parliament
The son of Henry Karslake, a solicitor and Confidential Secretary to the Duke of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Marsh Preston, the daughter of Richard Preston, Queen's Counsel and sometime Member of Parliament
Foreign Ashburton, he was educated at Harrow.
Foreign Colchester and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. He was appointed a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1846, and a Queen"s Counsel in 1861. He held office as Solicitor General for England and Wales in 1866-1867 and as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1867-1868 and again in 1874.
He was knighted in 1866 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1876.
Between 1867 and 1868 he was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Andover. That constituency was reduced to one seat in 1868 and Karslake unsuccessfully contested Exeter at the general election of that year.
He was Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1873-1876. He died in Marylebone aged 59, unmarried, having had to retire from Parliament in February 1876 due to progressively worsening eyesight, which finally resulted in total blindness.
He was the brother or nephew of John Karslake Karslake.
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a member of the Judicature Commission.