Henry Singer Keating

Sir 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, entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the Empire.[3]

References

  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1  Foster, Joseph (1885). "Keating, Henry Singer". Men-at-the-Bar (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 252.

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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