Background
The son of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, he attended Trinity College, Dublin and became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1832, and a Queen"s Counsel in 1849.
The son of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, he attended Trinity College, Dublin and became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1832, and a Queen"s Counsel in 1849.
Trinity College.
He sat as a Judge of Common Pleas from 1859-1875.
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He was Member of Parliament for Reading from 1852 until 1860 and as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1857-1858 and in 1859.
He became a member of the Privy Council in 1875, entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the Empire.