John Hosack

John Hosack (baptised 1813 – 1887)[1] was a Scottish lawyer and historical writer.

Life

He was the third son of John R. Hosack of Glenaher, Dumfriesshire. He became a student of the Middle Temple in 1838, was called to the bar in 1841, and practised on the northern circuit and at the Liverpool sessions.[2]

In 1875, though not a Q.C., Hosack was made a bencher of his inn, and in 1877 he became police magistrate at Clerkenwell. He died at his house in Finborough Road, West Brompton, on 3 November 1887, and was buried at Lytham in Lancashire.[2]

Works

Hosack wrote:[2]

Notes

  1. Metcalfe, Eric. "Hosack, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13832. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hosack, John". Dictionary of National Biography 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

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