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John Eastwood (politician)
John Francis Eastwood OBE (13 October 1887 – 30 January 1952), was a British barrister and magistrate who served as a Conservative member of parliament in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1940. Born in Godalming, Surrey, the son of John Edmund Eastwood, he trained at the Inns of Court for a career at the bar and joined 2 Essex Court. In 1928 he was admitted as a freeman of the City of London, presented by the Company of Apothecaries. At the 1931 general election, Eastwood was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kettering in Northamptonshire, defeating the Labour member Samuel Perry. He held the seat at the 1935 general election, but resigned in 1940 to become a Metropolitan Police magistrate. He died in Chelsea, London aged 64. Family On 29 April 1912 in Hampstead Eastwood married firstly Alice Leonora Zacyntha Boyle (23 February 1886 – 23 July 1933), of the family of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, and they had children. After her death, in 1934 in Surrey Surre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrister
A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and giving expert legal opinions. Barristers are distinguished from both solicitors and chartered legal executives, who have more direct access to clients, and may do transactional legal work. It is mainly barristers who are appointed as judges, and they are rarely hired by clients directly. In some legal systems, including those of Scotland, South Africa, Scandinavia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, the word ''barrister'' is also regarded as an honorific title. In a few jurisdictions, barristers are usually forbidden from "conducting" litigation, and can only act on the instructions of a solicitor, and increasingly - chartered legal executives, who perform tasks such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
