John Burgess Karslake
Sir John Burgess Karslake (December 13, 1821 – October 4, 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 (born 1820), 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
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- 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
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Andover 1867–1868 With: Dudley Francis Fortescue |
Succeeded by Hon. Dudley Fortescue |
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Huntingdon 1873–1876 |
Succeeded by Viscount Hinchingbrooke |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Solicitor General 1866 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn |
Preceded by | Attorney General 1867–1868 |
Succeeded by Sir Robert Collier |
Preceded by | Attorney General 1874 |
Succeeded by Sir Richard Baggallay |
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