Æneas John McIntyre

Æneas John McIntyre QC (6 December 1821 – 19 September 1889)^[1] was a Scottish-born Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Family grave of Aeneas John McIntyre QC in Highgate Cemetery (west side)

Career[]

Aeneas McIntyre joined the Middle Temple on the 6th November 1843 and was called to the bar on the 20th November 1846. On the 8th February 1872 he was appointed Queen's Counsel and became a Bencher of his Inn on the 27th May 1873. He went on the North Wales and Chester circuit and was elected a member of the Bar Committee in December 1883.^[2]^[3]

At the 1880 general election McIntyre was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Worcester.^[4] He held the seat until Worcester's representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Act.^[1] At the 1880 general election he stood unsuccessfully in Hackney North.^[3]^[5]

McIntyre was appointed County Court Judge for circuit No. 12 (Yorkshire) in January 1889.^[3]

Personal life[]

Mclntyre was the only son of Aeneas Mclntyre LL.D. and F.L.S., of King's College, Aberdeen, and Hackney and his wife Charlotte Susanna Thompson, daughter of William Thomson of Jamaica. He married Eleanor Corbett daughter of George Corbett in 1854.^[2]

He died nine months after his appointment as a Judge at the age of 67 and is buried in Highgate Cemetery.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
^ ^a ^b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
^ ^a ^b ^c W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester
^ "No. 24830". The London Gazette. 6 April 1880. p. 2388.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 19. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Aeneas McIntyre

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Derby Allcroft Thomas Rowley Hill	Member of Parliament for Worcester 1880 – 1885 With: Thomas Rowley Hill	Succeeded by George Allsopp

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[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

[debrett1881-2] Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881

[williams-3] W R Williams Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester

[4] "No. 24830". The London Gazette. 6 April 1880. p. 2388.

[craig1885-1918-5] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 19. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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