George Wright (lawyer)

George Wright (1847 - 15 May 1913) was an Irish lawyer and judge.

Wright was a native of Clonakilty, County Cork, where his father and brothers practiced as solicitors; he married Mary Barrington in 1881.

He was called to the Bar in 1871, took silk in 1884, and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from January 1900[1] to 1903 in the Unionist government headed by Lord Salisbury. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division of the Irish High Court in 1903 where he served till his death.[2] He was immensely popular with his colleagues and greatly respected as a lawyer; a colleague humorously described him as a man who is "on the borderline of genius but never trespasses"; a popular verse hailed him as " Judge Wright, who's never wrong!"

Wright died 15 May 1913.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 January 1900. (36047), p. 9.
  2. ↑ Ball, F. Elrington " The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 " London, John Murray, 1926
  3. ↑ Who's Who 1914
Legal offices
Preceded by
Dunbar Barton		 Solicitor-General for Ireland
1900–1903 		Succeeded by
James Campbell


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