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Gerald Fitzgibbon (other)
Gerald Fitzgibbon (1866–1942) was an Irish judge. Gerald Fitzgibbon may also refer to: *Gerald Fitzgibbon (author) Gerald Fitzgibbon, QC (1 January 1793 – 1882), was an Irish lawyer and author. He founded a notable Irish legal dynasty: his son and grandson, also named Gerald FitzGibbon, were both judges of great eminence. Background and education Fit ... (1793–1882), Irish lawyer and author, grandfather of the previous * Gerald FitzGibbon (judge, born 1837) (1837–1909), Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1877 to 1878 and Lord Justice of Appeal, respectively father and son of the two previous. {{hndis, Fitzgibbon, Gerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Fitzgibbon
Gerald Fitzgibbon (8 October 1866 – 6 December 1942) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1938. He also served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin University constituency from 1921 to 1923. Family Fitzgibbon came from a noted legal family, his grandfather, Gerald Fitzgibbon, was a Queen's Counsel and Master in Chancery and his father, also Gerald Fitzgibbon, was a Lord Justice of the pre-independence Irish Court of Appeal: along with Christopher Palles and Hugh Holmes, the second Gerald Fitzgibbon was credited with making the Court of Appeal a tribunal whose judgements are still quoted with respect today. Mr. Justice Fitzgibbon through his mother was the grandson of Francis Alexander FitzGerald, Baron of the Court of Exchequer. Early life and education Fitzgibbon was born in Dublin in 1866, into an Anglican family. He was the eldest son of Gerald Fitzgibbon and Margaret Anne Fitzgerald. He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Fitzgibbon (author)
Gerald Fitzgibbon, QC (1 January 1793 – 1882), was an Irish lawyer and author. He founded a notable Irish legal dynasty: his son and grandson, also named Gerald FitzGibbon, were both judges of great eminence. Background and education Fitzgibbon, the fourth son of Gerald Fitzgibbon, an Irish tenant farmer, and his wife, a Miss Wyndham, was born at Glin, County Limerick. After receiving such education as was to be had at home and in the vicinity of his father's farm, he obtained employment as a clerk in a mercantile house in Dublin in 1814. His leisure hours he devoted to the study of the classics, and in 1817 entered Trinity College Dublin where he graduated B.A. in 1825, and proceeded M.A. in 1832, having in 1830 been called to the Irish Bar. During his college course and preparation for the bar, he maintained himself by teaching. Legal career In his choice of the law as a profession he was guided by the advice of his tutor, Dr Stephen Sandes, afterwards Bishop of Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |