John Walsh

November 12, 1816 (age 52)

He served as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1866 and as Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1866 to 1869. He was a distinguished speaker also at the College Historical Society. He published, in collaboration with Richard Nun, Queen's Counsel, a work on The Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace in Ireland, which was long a standard text-book on this subject. He was a reporter in the Court of Chancery from 1843 to 1852. Was appointed Queen"s Counsel in 1857, and Crown Prosecutor for Dublin in 1859. He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council on 17 August 1866. he left the House of Commons when he was appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1867, an office he held until his death. lieutenant seemed probable that a long and distinguished career lay before him, but it was not to be. In the autumn of 1869 he went on a tour to Italy, his health not being very robust. He contracted a fever in the Roman Campagna and died at Paris on his way home on 20 October. He published in 1847 Ireland Sixty Years Ago, dealing with Grattan"s Parliament and the first quarter of the 19th century, which was published originally as a series of articles in the Dublin University Magazine. lieutenant was afterwards re-issued in 1877 as Ireland Ninety Years Ago. Another son, Henry Deane Walsh, emigrated to Australia, where he became one of the foremost engineers of his time, and did much to improve Sydney Harbour.

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Walsh was born at Finglas, County Dublin, where his father, Robert Walsh, was rector. His mother was Anne Bayly.

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He was educated at Bective College, and matriculated at Trinity College, Dublin, in July 1832. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1836, obtaining a senior moderatorship in ethics and logics and gaining a gold medal. Walsh was called to the Irish Bar in 1839, and graduated Doctor of Laws in his University in 1845.

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He served as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1866 and as Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1866 to 1869. He was a distinguished speaker also at the College Historical Society. He published, in collaboration with Richard Nun, Queen's Counsel, a work on The Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace in Ireland, which was long a standard text-book on this subject.

He was a reporter in the Court of Chancery from 1843 to 1852.

Was appointed Queen"s Counsel in 1857, and Crown Prosecutor for Dublin in 1859. He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council on 17 August 1866. he left the House of Commons when he was appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland in 1867, an office he held until his death.

lieutenant seemed probable that a long and distinguished career lay before him, but it was not to be. In the autumn of 1869 he went on a tour to Italy, his health not being very robust.

He contracted a fever in the Roman Campagna and died at Paris on his way home on 20 October.

He published in 1847 Ireland Sixty Years Ago, dealing with Grattan"s Parliament and the first quarter of the 19th century, which was published originally as a series of articles in the Dublin University Magazine. lieutenant was afterwards re-issued in 1877 as Ireland Ninety Years Ago. Another son, Henry Deane Walsh, emigrated to Australia, where he became one of the foremost engineers of his time, and did much to improve Sydney Harbour.

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19th United Kingdom Parliament]

Walsh was Member of Parliament for Dublin University from 1866 to 1867 and served as Attorney-General for Ireland from 25 July to 1 November 1866.

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