Robert Richard Warren PC, QC (3 June 1817 – 24 September 1897) was an Irish

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(MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. Warren was the son of Captain Henry Warren, the eighth son of Sir Robert Warren, 1st Baronet (see

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), and his wife Catherine Stewart, daughter of the Reverend William Stewart. He attended

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, and entered the

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before being called to the

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in 1839. He became a

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(QC) in 1858. Warren was

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from March 1867 and Attorney-General for Ireland from October 1867 to 1868. He was made a member of the

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on 12 October 1867. He was MP for

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27 August 1867 – 1868. Warren retired from the

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when Parliament was dissolved in 1868. Soon afterwards he was appointed the Irish Probate Judge on the retirement of Richard Keatinge. On the creation of the

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in 1878, he was appointed the judge of the Probate Division and held office until his death in 1897. He married Mary Perry, daughter of Charles Perry of

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in 1846 and they had a son and three daughters.

Arms

References

* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Vol. I 1832-1885'', edited by Michael Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976) *

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* 1817 births 1897 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dublin University Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Solicitors-General for Ireland UK MPs 1865–1868 Judges of the High Court of Justice in Ireland {{Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub