Background
He was born at Lisburn, Company Antrim and educated at the Queen"s College, Galway and Queen"s University Belfast.
He was born at Lisburn, Company Antrim and educated at the Queen"s College, Galway and Queen"s University Belfast.
Called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1871. In 1891, having already acquired a large junior practice, he took silk (that is, was appointed Queen"s Counsel). He served in numerous cases involving the common law and, while not making the first rank of Winch and Candy, was a powerful and popular advocate.
Politically, McCall was allied to the Unionist cause and was friendly with Lord James of Hereford.
This friendship led to McCall"s appointment as Attorney General and Queen"s Serjeant to the Duchy of Lancaster. He was elected as a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1918.
He was a correspondent with The Times. There are three portraits of him in the National Portrait Gallery.