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Hugh Law (1818-1883), Irish lawyer. 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Bachelor of Arts 1839; barrister, 1840; Queen's Counsel, 1860; drafted Irish Church Act; legal adviser to Lord Lieutenant (Lord Spencer), 1868; bencher of King’s Inns, 1870; Solicitor General for Ireland, 1872; Irish Privy Councillor and Attorney General for Ireland, 1873; Member of Parliament, Londonderry, 1874; Attorney General under Gladstone, 1880; Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1881; LLD. The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Barristers: traditional dress. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of Englands (pre-1707) or Britains (post 1707) administration in Ireland. ... John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835 - 1910) (known as the Red Earl because of his distinctive long red beard) was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Ewart Gladstone (December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland from earliest times until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Preceded by: Christopher Palles	Solicitor General for Ireland 1872–1874	Succeeded by: Henry Ormsby
Preceded by: Christopher Palles	Attorney General for Ireland 1874	Succeeded by: John Thomas Ball
Preceded by: Edward Gibson	Attorney General for Ireland 1880–1881	Succeeded by: William Moore Johnson
Preceded by: The Lord O'Hagan	Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1881–1883	Succeeded by: Sir Edward Sullivan

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne (September 4, 1837 - May 22, 1913) was an Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. ... The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland from earliest times until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. ... Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet (10 July 1822-13 April 1885), Irish lawyer. ...

Source: http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/l/Law,H(b1818)/life.htm

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	When Hugh Hill graduated from Bowdoin with a degree in history and political science in 2002, his resume already included a stint as a staffer at the Democratic National Committee for Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign and work on a number of other national and state political campaigns.
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Hugh Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (278 words)
	Hugh Law (1818 – 10 September 1883) was an Irish lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
	One of his sons, Hugh Law, bought the historic Ardbraccan House, former palace of the Lord Bishop of Meath, from the Church of Ireland in 1885.
	A descendant, also called Hugh Law, sat initially as a Nationalist MP in the House of Commons and later served in Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedhael TD from June 1927 until 1932.

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