George Wright (1847 - 15 May 1913) was an Irish lawyer and judge.
Wright was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, son of Thomas Wright. [1] His father and brothers practiced as solicitors in Clonakilty: one of his brothers was H.T. Wright, Clerk of the Peace for Cork.[2] He married Mary Barrington in 1881. His family owned Fernhill House, Clonakilty, which is now a hotel.
He was called to the Bar in 1871, took silk in 1884, and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from January 1900[3] to 1903 in the Unionist government headed by Lord Salisbury. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division of the Irish High Court in 1903 where he served till his death.[4] He was immensely popular with his colleagues and greatly respected as a lawyer. A colleague humorously described him as a man who is "on the borderline of genius but never trespasses"; a popular verse hailed him as "Judge Wright, who's never wrong!"[5]
Wright died on 15 May 1913.[6]
References
- ^ Pike, W.T. editor Contemporary Biographies Richard Hodges Brighton. 1911
- ^ Pike Contemporary Biographies
- ^ The Times (36047). London. 24 January 1900. p. 9.
- ^ Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 London, John Murray, 1926
- ^ Healy, Maurice. The Old Munster Circuit Michael Joseph Ltd 1939
- ^ Who's Who 1914
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