John Burgess Karslake
Sir John Burgess Karslake, QC (13 December 1821 – 4 October 1881) was an English lawyer and politician.
The son of Henry Karslake, a solicitor and Confidential Secretary to the Duke of Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Marsh Preston, the daughter of Richard Preston, Q.C. and sometime M.P. for Ashburton, he was educated at Harrow. His elder brother, Edward Kent Karslake (1820-1892), was a Q.C., sometime M.P. for Colchester and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.
He was appointed a barrister of the Middle Temple in 1846, and a Queen's Counsel in 1861. He held office as Solicitor General for England and Wales in 1866-67 and as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1867-8 and again in 1874. He was knighted in 1866 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1876. He was a member of the Judicature Commission.
Between 1867 and 1868 he was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Andover. That constituency was reduced to one seat in 1868 and Karslake unsuccessfully contested Exeter at the general election of that year. He was MP for Huntingdon 1873–1876. He died in Marylebone aged 59, unmarried, having had to retire from Parliament in February 1876 due to progressively worsening eyesight, which finally resulted in total blindness.
He was the brother or nephew of John Karslake Karslake.[1]
Sources
- Acland, Leopold G. D. (1946). "Mt. Torlesse". The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. p. 233.
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Karslake
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dudley Fortescue William Humphery |
Member of Parliament for Andover 1867–1868 With: Dudley Fortescue |
Succeeded by Hon. Dudley Fortescue |
| Preceded by Thomas Baring |
Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1873–1876 |
Succeeded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir William Bovill |
Solicitor General 1866 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn |
| Preceded by Sir John Rolt |
Attorney General 1867–1868 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Collier |
| Preceded by Sir Henry James |
Attorney General 1874 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Baggallay |