Sir Henry Singer Keating (13 January 1804 – 1 October 1888)[2] was a British lawyer and politician.

The son of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, he attended Trinity College Dublin and became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1832, and a Queen's Counsel in 1849. He was Member of Parliament for Reading from 1852 until 1860[3] and as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1857 to 1858 and in 1859.[4] He was knighted in 1857.[5]

He sat as a Judge of Common Pleas from 1859[6][7] to 1875. He became a member of the Privy Council in 1875,[8] entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the Empire.[4]

Arms

Henry Singer Keating
EscutcheonArms a saltire Gules between four laurel leaves Vert on a chief embattled Azure two French flags in saltire surmounted by a sword erect all Proper over the sword "Bourbon" in gold letters.
CrestOn a mural coronet Or a boar statant Gules in the mouth a laurel leaf Vert.[1]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Judicial Bench. 1869.
  2. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989 [1977]). British parliamentary election results 1832–1885. 2nd ed. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 250. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ p. 252.
  5. ^ No. 22014. 23 June 1857. p. 2164.
  6. ^ No. 22337. 16 December 1859. p. 4739.
  7. ^ No. 22338. 20 December 1859. p. 4777.
  8. ^ No. 24178. 5 February 1875. p. 452.