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Authorised form of nameHannen; James (1821 - 1894); Baron Hannen
Dates1821 - 1894
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPeckham, London, England
Date of birth19 March 1821
Place of deathHis house in Lancaster Gate, London
Date of death29 March 1894
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Norwood cemetery, Middlesex
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
St Paul's School; University of Heidelberg; Middle Temple (1841)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1848); Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench (1868-1872); Sergeant-at-law (1868); Privy Councillor (1872); Judge of the Probate Court (1872-1875); President of the Probate Division, High Court of Justice (1875-1891); Lord of Appeal in ordinary (1891-1893); resigned
Honours:
Kt 1868; Baron 1891
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/03/1891
RelationshipsEldest son of James Hannen of London, merchant; married (1847) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Nicolas Winsland of Montagu Street, Bloomsbury
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA2803
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1891/02Hannen, James, Baron Hannen: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/9/94Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons31 March 1894
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