Ralph Littler

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Sir Ralph Littler CB, KC, JP, DL
Sir Ralph Littler, by Beatrice Offor. On display at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Born	Ralph Daniel Makinson Littler 2 October 1835
Died	23 November 1908
Nationality	British
Education	University College London
Occupation	Barrister
Years active	1857-1908

Sir Ralph Daniel Makinson Littler, CB, KC, JP, DL (2 October 1835 – 23 November 1908) was a British barrister. He was the Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions until his death in 1908.

Biography[]

The son of Rev. Robert Littler and Sarah Makinson, Ralph Littler was educated at University College School and University College London, where he was Common Law Prizeman. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1857, and joined the Middle Temple in 1870, becoming a Bencher in 1882 and Treasurer in 1901.

Littler practised on the Northern, then the North-East circuits as a junior, He became a Queen's Counsel in 1873, then mainly practised at the Parliamentary Bar. For many years, he was in the public eye as Chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions. He was known for his severity, once sentencing a man to five years' penal servitude for the theft of a penny, though the circumstances were particularly egregious.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1890 and was knighted in 1902.

References[]

• "Obituary: Sir Ralph Littler", The Times, 24 November 1908, p. 13.