John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell PC (16 May 1848 – 22 April 1913), was a British

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Biography

Gorell was the eldest son of Henry Barnes, a shipowner of

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, and was educated at

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. where he took his degree in 1868. He began work as a solicitor, but was

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in 1876 and became a

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in 1888. He was well known as an expert in Admiralty cases, and in 1892 was made a Judge of the

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of the

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, where he acted as president during the illness of Sir Francis Jeune in late 1902. When Jeune retired in 1905, Gorell was appointed president of the division from 1905 until 1909. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1905 and in 1909 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Gorell, of Brampton in the County of Derby. He died in April 1913, aged 64, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Henry Gorell Barnes.

Family

Lord Gorell married Mary, daughter of Thomas Mitchell, in 1881.

Arms

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References

*De Montmorency, James Edward Geoffrey,
John Gorell Barnes, First Lord Gorell (1848-1913), A Memoir
London: John Murray, 1920. *Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * ;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, John 1st Baron Gorell Gorell, John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell, John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell, John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron Gorell, John Gorell Barnes, 1st Baron 1 English King's Counsel 19th-century King's Counsel Gorell, John Gorel Barnes, 1st Baron Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division judges Knights Bachelor Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 20th-century English judges Peers created by Edward VII Presidents of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division