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.
Gorell was the eldest son of Henry Barnes, a shipowner of Liverpool, 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.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Gorell | Succeeded by Henry Gorell Barnes |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 edition
