Background
WAKELY, Judgre John was born in 1861. Son of late John Wakely, D.L., and Mary Catherine, daughter of Reverend Richard George of Kentstown, Company Meath.
WAKELY, Judgre John was born in 1861. Son of late John Wakely, D.L., and Mary Catherine, daughter of Reverend Richard George of Kentstown, Company Meath.
Studied at Kingstown School. Trinity College, Dublin (Master of Arts).
Called to Irish Bar, 1885. Queen’s Counsel 1899. Lord of the Manor of Ballyburly.
Bencher of Honourable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin, 1902. Publications (with R. R. Cherry, King’s Counsel): The Irish Land Law and Land Purchase Acts. Articles on the Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903. King’s Counsel, Justice of the Peace; Judge of the Counties of Roscommon and Sligo County Courts since 1904.
Club: University, Dublin.
Spouse 1888, Raby Low Montserrat,daughter of Rev. Morgan Woodward Jellett, Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, and Rector of St. Peter’s Church, Dublin.