George Wright (lawyer)

George Wright (1847 - 15 May 1913) was an Irish lawyer and judge.

Wright was a native of Clonakilty, County Cork, where his father and brothers practiced as solicitors; he married Mary Barrington in 1881.

He was called to the Bar in 1871, took silk in 1884, and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from January 1900^[1] 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.^[2] 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!"

Wright died 15 May 1913.^[3]

References

↑ The Times (36047). London. 24 January 1900. p. 9. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Ball, F. Elrington " The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 " London, John Murray, 1926
↑ Who's Who 1914

Legal offices
Preceded by Dunbar Barton	Solicitor-General for Ireland 1900–1903	Succeeded by James Campbell

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[1] The Times (36047). London. 24 January 1900. p. 9. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] Ball, F. Elrington " The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 " London, John Murray, 1926

[3] Who's Who 1914