Papers of Sir Charles Russell, Lord Russell of Killowen,
1888-1890.
9 letters and 1 volume "Special Commission Act, 1888. Mr Charles Stewart Parnell, M.P., and others. Complete analysis of evidence".
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| Notes: | Sir Charles Russell was born in Newry, County Down, to a Catholic family. He qualified as a solicitor in 1854, spent a few years defending Catholics in trouble with the authorities, and then moved to London, determined to become a barrister. He entered Parliament in 1880 as Liberal member for Dundalk. He was appointed Attorney-General by Gladstone in 1886 and again in 1892, and played a leading part in promoting Home Rule legislation. In 1894 he became an Appeal Court Judge, and later that year was appointed Lord Chief Justice, the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation. As a barrister, his greatest triumph was at the Parnell Commission, 1888-1889, where his cross-examination of Richard Pigott exposed him as having forged the letters (allegedly by Parnell) at the heart of the case. In 1893 Russell represented Britain at an international arbitration of competing claims in the Bering Sea. In 1894 he took the title of Lord Russell of Killowen (his native townland in Co. Down). In 1899 he again represented Britain at an arbitration hearing of the Venezuelan border dispute. Physical description: 9 letters & 1 volume. more |
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