Baron Collins, PC, KC, Anglo-Irish lawyer and judge. He was judge of the first trial against Oscar Wilde on 3 April 1895. He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge University, in 1865 with a Master of Arts. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1867 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law. He was invested as a Queen's Counsel in 1883. He held the office of Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1885 and the office of Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division between 1891 and 1897. Privy Counsellor in 1897. He held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1897 and 1901; the office of Master of the Rolls between 1901 and 1907; the office of Treasurer of the Middle Temple in 1905 and the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on 6 March 1907. He was created Baron Collins, of Kensington in the County of London.
Baron Collins, PC, KC, Anglo-Irish lawyer and judge. He was judge of the first trial against Oscar Wilde on 3 April 1895. He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge University, in 1865 with a Master of Arts. He was admitted to Middle Temple in 1867 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law. He was invested as a Queen's Counsel in 1883. He held the office of Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1885 and the office of Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division between 1891 and 1897. Privy Counsellor in 1897. He held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1897 and 1901; the office of Master of the Rolls between 1901 and 1907; the office of Treasurer of the Middle Temple in 1905 and the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on 6 March 1907. He was created Baron Collins, of Kensington in the County of London.
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'... aged 68 years'
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