Sir Henry Bargrave Finnelley Deane (28 April 1848 – 21 April 1919) was an English

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. He was the only son of Sir

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and was educated at

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and

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where he won the International Law essay prize in 1870. In 1870, he was

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, and from 1892 worked primarily in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the

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. He was made

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in 1896. He served as

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from 1885 until he was raised to the bench as a Justice of the High Court on 1 February 1905, being knighted at Buckingham Palace on 10 February. He retired in 1917, was granted an annuity of £3,500, and was sworn of the

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on 16 November that year. From 1908 to 1911, he was the first Knight Principal of the

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. He died in London. Bookplate of Bargrave Deane

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1848 births 1919 deaths English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel 19th-century King's Counsel Knights Bachelor Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division judges People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford {{UK-law-bio-stub