Hugh Shield (12 October 1831 – 24 November 1903) was an English academic, barrister and
Liberal Party politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.
Shield was the son of John Shield of Stotes Hall, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne and his wife Catherine Barnett, daughter of R Barnett of Westmeath. He was educated at the Grange School, Bishopswearmouth and King Edward's School, Birmingham.
[Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]
/ref> He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge
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in 1850, but migrated to Jesus College, Cambridge
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. In 1857 he was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for legal studies and became a Fellow of the college and Senior Bursar
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. He was admitted at Gray's Inn
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in 1854 and was called to the bar on 26 January 1860. He went on the North-Eastern Circuit and became a Bencher of his Inn in 1880 and a Queen's Counsel
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in 1881.
At the 1880 general election Shield was elected one of the two Members of Parliament
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for Cambridge
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. He held the seat until 1885.
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1831 births
1903 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1880–1885
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