John Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell
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John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell PC QC
(16 May 1848-22 April 1913), was a British
lawyer
and judge
.
, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge
. He began work as a solicitor, but was called to the Bar in 1876 and became a Queen's Counsel
in 1888. Gorell served as a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice
from 1892 to 1905 and as its President from 1905 to 1909. He was admitted to the Privy Council
in 1905 and in 1909 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gorell, of Brampton in the County of Derby.
Lord Gorell married Mary, daughter of Thomas Mitchell, in 1881. He died in April 1913, aged 64, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Henry Gorell Barnes
.
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
(16 May 1848-22 April 1913), was a British
United Kingdom
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lawyer
Lawyer
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and judge
Judge
A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
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Biography
Gorell was the eldest son of Henry Barnes, a shipowner of LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely...
. He began work as a solicitor, but was called to the Bar in 1876 and became a Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in 1888. Gorell served as a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
from 1892 to 1905 and as its President from 1905 to 1909. He was admitted to the Privy Council
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
in 1905 and in 1909 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gorell, of Brampton in the County of Derby.
Lord Gorell married Mary, daughter of Thomas Mitchell, in 1881. He died in April 1913, aged 64, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Henry Gorell Barnes
Henry Barnes, 2nd Baron Gorell
Major Henry Gorell Barnes, 2nd Baron Gorell DSO was a British Army officer.He was born in 1882, the eldest son of John Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell. After an education at Winchester, Trinity College, Oxford, and Harvard, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1906...
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