Alfred Thesiger

The Hon. Alfred Henry Thesiger PC, QC, LJ (15 July 1838 – 20 October 1880), was a British lawyer and judge.

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Early life

Thesiger was the third son of Lord Chancellor Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, by his wife Anna Maria (née Tinling).

Career

He was Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1873. In 1877, at the age of 37, he was made a Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn of the Privy Council.

Family

His sister, Julia (1833–1904) was married to Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis (1814–1862)[1] who commanded the British forces during the Siege of Lucknow in 1857. She later wrote of her experiences during the siege including extracts from her diary.[2]

Thesiger married Henrietta, daughter of the Hon. George Handcock, in 1862. They had no children. He died in October 1880, aged 42. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Henrietta Thesiger died in February 1921.

References

  1. ^ "Hon. Julia Selina Thesiger". thepeerage.com. 13 February 2011. http://thepeerage.com/p21550.htm#i215498. Retrieved 16 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Inglis, Julia Selina (1892). "The Siege of Lucknow: a Diary". A Celebration of Woman Writers. James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.,. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/inglis/lucknow/lucknow.html. Retrieved 16 April 2011.