John Burgess Karslake

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Sir John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) was an English lawyer and politician.

He was appointed a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1846, and a Queen's Counsel in 1861. He held office as Solicitor General for England and Wales in 1866-67 and as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1867-8 and again in 1874. He was knighted in 1866 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1876.

He was a member of the Judicature Commission.

Between 1867 and 1868 he was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Andover. That constituency was reduced to one seat in 1868 and Karslake unsuccessfully contested Exeter at the general election of that year. He was MP for Huntingdon 1873-1876.

He was a member of the Judicature Commission.

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• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
• Concise Dictionary of National Biography

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Dudley Francis Fortescue William John Humphery	Member of Parliament for Andover with Dudley Francis Fortescue 1867–1868	Succeeded by Dudley Francis Fortescue
Preceded by Thomas Baring	Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1873–1876	Succeeded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir William Bovill	Solicitor General 1866	Succeeded by Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn
Preceded by Sir John Rolt	Attorney General 1867–1868	Succeeded by Sir Robert Collier
Preceded by Sir Henry James	Attorney General 1874	Succeeded by Sir Richard Baggallay