James Whiteside

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Statue of James Whiteside by Albert Bruce-Joy in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

James Whiteside (12 August 1804 – 25 November 1876) was an Irish politician and judge.

Background and education

Whiteside was the son of William Whiteside, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, being called to the Irish bar in 1830.

Legal and judicial career

Whiteside very rapidly acquired a large practice, and after taking silk in 1842 he gained a reputation for forensic oratory surpassing that of all his contemporaries, and rivalling that of his most famous predecessors of the 18th century. He defended Daniel O'Connell in the state trial of 1843, and William Smith O'Brien in 1848; and his greatest triumph was in the Yelverton case in 1861. He was elected member for Enniskillen in 1851, and in 1859 became member for Dublin University. In Parliament, he was no less successful as a speaker than at the bar, and in 1852 was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in the first administration of the Earl of Derby, becoming Attorney-General for Ireland in 1858, and again in 1866. In the same year he was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. In 1848, after a visit to Italy, he published Italy in the Nineteenth Century; and in 1870 he collected and republished some papers contributed many years before to periodicals, under the title Early Sketches of Eminent Persons.

Personal life

In July 1833 Whiteside married Rosetta, daughter of William Napier, and sister of Sir Joseph Napier, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He died on 25 November 1876 in Brighton, Sussex.

References

Andrew Shields, Irish Conservative Party, 1852-68 (Irish Academic Press, 2007)

Webb, Alfred (1878). " Whiteside, James". A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: M. H. Gill & son. Wikisource
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Henry Arthur Cole	Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1851–1859	Succeeded by Hon. John Lowry Cole
Preceded by George Alexander Hamilton Anthony Lefroy	Member of Parliament for Dublin University 1859–1866 With: Anthony Lefroy	Succeeded by John Edward Walsh Anthony Lefroy
Legal offices
Preceded by Henry George Hughes	Solicitor-General for Ireland 1850–1852	Succeeded by William Keogh
Preceded by John David Fitzgerald	Attorney-General for Ireland 1858–1859	Succeeded by John David Fitzgerald
Preceded by Thomas Langlois Lefroy	Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland 1866–1876	Succeeded by George Augustus Chichester May

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Persondata
Name	Whiteside, James
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	12 August 1804
Place of birth
Date of death	25 November 1876
Place of death

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