Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow
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(3 October 1828-25 December 1899), was a British judge and Conservative Party
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politician.
Background and education
Ludlow was a younger son of Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd BaronetSir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet
Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet , of Maristow in Devon, was a British Member of Parliament .Lopes was born as Ralph Franco. His uncle, Manasseh Masseh Lopes, an MP and borough owner, was created a baronet in 1805, with a special remainder to his nephew...
, and the uncle of Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough
Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough
Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough , known as Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet, from 1908 to 1938, was a British Conservative Party politician....
. He was educated at Winchester
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and Balliol College, Oxford
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, and was called to the Bar
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, Inner Temple
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, in 1852.
Political and legal career
Ludlow sat as Member of Parliament for LauncestonLaunceston (UK Parliament constituency)
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from 1868 to 1874 and for Frome
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from 1874 to 1876. He was also a Recorder
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of Exeter
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from 1867 to 1876 and became a Queen's Counsel
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in 1868. In 1876 he was appointed a Justice of the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice
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, a post he held until 1880, and then served as a Lord Justice of Appeal
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from 1885 to 1897. Lopes was knighted in 1876 and sworn of the Privy Council in 1885. In 1897 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Ludlow, of Heywood in the County of Wiltshire.