Henry Singer Keating

Sir Henry Singer Keating (13 January 1804 – 1 October 1888)^[1] was a British lawyer and politician.

The son of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, he attended Trinity College, Dublin and became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1832, and a Queen's Counsel in 1849. He was Member of Parliament for Reading from 1852 until 1860^[2] and as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1857-8 and in 1859.^[3]

He sat as a Judge of Common Pleas from 1859-75. He became a member of the Privy Council in 1875.^[3]

References

^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons1.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 250. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ ^a ^b Foster, Joseph (1885). "Keating, Henry Singer". Men-at-the-Bar (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 252.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Frederick Stanford Francis Piggott	Member of Parliament for Reading 1852 – 1860 With: Francis Piggott	Succeeded by Francis Goldsmid Francis Piggott
Legal offices
Preceded by James Stuart-Wortley	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1857 – 1858	Succeeded by Sir Hugh Cairns
Preceded by Sir Hugh Cairns	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1859	Succeeded by Sir William Atherton