John Ross (judge)

John Ross (judge)

Sir John Ross PC Bt QC (1853-1935) was born in Derry, the son of Rev Robert Ross (a former moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland) and Margaret Ross (née Christie). He was educated at Foyle College and then Trinity College, Dublin from which he obtained an M.A. and an LL.B. While at TCD he was both the president of the University Philosophical Society and auditor of the College Historical Society.

Upon graduating he pursued what would be a distinguished legal career - he was a member of Gray's Inn and King's Inns, becoming a QC in 1891, a justice of the Chancery Division for the Landed Estates Court in 1896 and the last Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1921. He had been created a privy councillor in 1902 and a baronet in 1919 [The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921, F.E. Ball (1926)] .

In politics, he was a close friend of Edward Carson (with whom he was at TCD) and a leading member of the Unionist Party. He was the MP for Londonderry City from 1892 to 1895 [Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, B.M. Walker (1978)] .

He died in 1935.

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