Alfred Henry Thesiger PC QC (15 July 1838 – 20 October 1880), styled The Hon. Alfred Thesiger from 1858 to 1877 and The Rt Hon. Lord Justice Thesiger from 1877, was a British lawyer and judge.
Early life
Thesiger was the third son of
Lord Chancellor
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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, PC, QC, FRS (25 April 1794 – 5 October 1878) was a British jurist and Conservative politician. He was twice Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Early life
Born in London, Thesiger was the third ...
, by his wife Anna Maria (née Tinling). He played one
first-class cricket
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match for the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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in 1861.
Career
He was Attorney-General to the
Prince of Wales
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and was appointed a
Queen's Counsel
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in 1873. In 1877, at the age of 37, he was made a
Lord Justice of Appeal
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and sworn of the
Privy Council
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.
In the summer of 1877 Thesiger, took on the Arbitration of Doctor Thomas Barnardo as his legal counsel at the behest of the Evangelical Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns. (p. 105 ''"Slumming" Seth Koven'')
Judgments
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English contract law
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concerning the "
postal rule
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", and containing an important dissenting judgment by
Bramwell LJ
George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell, (12 June 1808 – 9 May 1892), was an English judge.
Early years
He was the eldest son of George Bramwell (1773–1858), a partner in the banking firm of Dorrien, Magens, Dorrien, & Mello; h ...
, who wished to dispose of it.
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Wheeldon v Burrows
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'' 1879) LR 12 Ch D 31;
874-90All ER Rep. 669; (1879) 48 LJ Ch 853; (1879) 41 LT 327 -
English land law
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case on the implying of
grant easements. The case established one of the three current methods by which an easement can be acquired by implied grant
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Sturges v Bridgman
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'' (1879) LR 11 Ch D 852 – reasonable use of property depends on the character of the locality and arguing that the plaintiff "came to the nuisance" is not a defence.
Family
His sister,
Julia
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(1833–1904) was married to Sir
John Eardley Wilmot Inglis
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Mil ...
(1814–1862) who commanded the British forces during the
Siege of Lucknow
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in 1857. She later wrote of her experiences during the siege including extracts from her diary.
Thesiger married Henrietta, daughter of the Hon. George Handcock, in 1862. They had no children. He died in October 1880, aged 42. He is buried in
Brompton Cemetery
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,
London
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. Henrietta Thesiger died in February 1921.
References
Attribution:
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1838 births
1880 deaths
Burials at Brompton Cemetery
Lords Justices of Appeal
Younger sons of barons
19th-century British people
English cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
English King's Counsel
Alfred
Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
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