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 from 1857 to 1858 and in 1859.[3] He was knighted in 1857.[4]

He sat as a Judge of Common Pleas from 1859[5][6] to 1875. He became a member of the Privy Council in 1875,[7] entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the Empire.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry Singer Keating
Crest
On a mural coronet Or a boar statant Gules in the mouth a laurel leaf Vert.[8]
Escutcheon
Arms a saltire Gules between four laurel leaves Vert on a chief embattled Azure two French flags in saltire surmounted by a sword erect all Proper over the sword "Bourbon" in gold letters.

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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. ^ a b  Foster, Joseph (1885). "Keating, Henry Singer" . Men-at-the-Bar  (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 252.
  4. ^ "No. 22014". The London Gazette. 23 June 1857. p. 2164.
  5. ^ "No. 22337". The London Gazette. 16 December 1859. p. 4739.
  6. ^ "No. 22338". The London Gazette. 20 December 1859. p. 4777.
  7. ^ "No. 24178". The London Gazette. 5 February 1875. p. 452.
  8. ^ Debrett's Judicial Bench. 1869.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Reading
1852 – 1860
With: Francis Piggott 		Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Solicitor-General for England
1857 – 1858 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Solicitor-General for England
1859 		Succeeded by