Right Hon. George Augustus Chichester May PC , QC (1815 – 16 August 1892) was an Irish judge.
9-906: George May may refer to: George Augustus Chichester May (1815–1892), Irish judge George May, 1st Baron May (1871–1946), British financial expert and public servant George A. May (1872–1948), American athletic trainer and administrator George O. May (1875–1961), American accountant George S. May (1890–1962), American businessman and golf entrepreneur George Samuel May (1858–1922), Canadian merchant and politician George May (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1920), Australian rules footballer for Richmond George May (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1950), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda See also [ edit ] George May Keim (1805–1861), American politician George May Phelps (1820–1888), American telegraphy inventor George Maye , MP for Canterbury [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
18-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Augustus Chichester May May was born in Belfast , the son of the Reverend Edward May and Elizabeth Sinclair. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene College, Cambridge , where he graduated B.A. as 36th Wrangler and 3rd Classic in 1836, and became a fellow of Magdalene. Called to
27-675: The Irish Bar in 1844, he became Queen's Counsel in 1865. He unsuccessfully stood for election as a Conservative at Carrickfergus at the 1874 United Kingdom general election . He was appointed Law Adviser to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1874, and Attorney-General for Ireland in 1875. In 1877 he became Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench for Ireland and on the passing of the Judicature Act became Chief Justice of
36-541: The Queen's Bench Division of the Irish High Court. He retired in 1887 and died in 1892. According to F. Elrington Ball 's work on the pre-1921 Irish judiciary, while May was a considerable scholar, he was not well regarded as a barrister and his appointment was greeted with some protest. May married Olivia Barrington, daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet, still remembered for the foundation of Barrington's Hospital, and Charlotte Hartigan, daughter of
45-504: The eminent surgeon William Hartigan , in 1853. She died in 1876. They had ten children, including George Chichester May, General Sir Edward Sinclair May, and Sir Francis Henry May , Governor of Hong Kong . William Hartigan (Irish surgeon) William Hartigan , MD, MRCSI (1756–1812), was an Irish surgeon. He was born in Dublin in 1756, was educated as a surgeon, and commenced to practice in Dublin about 1778. On 17 August 1780, he
54-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_May&oldid=1122629245 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
63-731: The year 1797. He was later appointed Professor of Anatomy in Trinity College, Dublin University (TCD) and was subsequently appointed Professor of Anatomy in TCD. In Cameron's History of RCSI, Hartigan is described as " having a good presence and agreeable manners, he secured a considerable amount of popularity in his circle. With his pupils he was a favourite; on two occasions those at the College of Surgeons presented him with complimentary addresses." Hartigan died on 15 December 1812, and
72-724: Was elected a member of the Dublin Society of Surgeons, and on the incorporation of the surgeons as the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1784, Hartigan was elected a member. In 1789 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy in RCSI and he published a syllabus of lectures in 1796. He was appointed Professor of Surgery in RCSI in 1798. Hartigan was elected President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland for
81-527: Was interred in St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street . The house in which Hartigan so long resided (3 Kildare-street) was eventually sold to the Kildare Street Club , by whom it was pulled down. He married firstly Isabella Steward and secondly Anne Elizabeth Pollock. By his second wife, he had several children including Edward and Charlotte, who married Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet, best remembered as
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