Hedges Eyre Chatterton

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Hedges Eyre Chatterton (5 July 1819-30 August 1910) was an Irish Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently Vice-Chancellor of Ireland. He was born in Cork.

He attended Trinity College, Dublin, before being called to the Irish Bar in 1843. He became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1858.

Chatterton was Solicitor General for Ireland 1866-1867 and Attorney General for Ireland in 1867. He was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland on 30 March 1867.

He was MP for Dublin University 1867.

Chatterton left the House of Commons when he was appointed to the newly created judicial office of Vice-Chancellor of Ireland in 1867, an office which was abolished when he retired in 1904.

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  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. I 1832-1885, edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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