SIR

See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD

See also:

• FRY
• FRY, ELIZABETH (178o-1845)
• SIR EDWARD FRY (1827– )

FRY (1827– )  , English judge, second son of Joseph Fry (1795–1879), was born at Bristol on the 4th of November 1827, and educated at University College, London, and London University . He was called to the bar in 1854 and was made a Q.C. in 1869, practising in the rolls court and becoming recognized as a leading equity lawyer . In 1877 he was raised to the bench and knighted . As chancery judge he will be remembered for his careful interpretations and elucidations of the Judicature Acts, then first coming into operation . In 1883 he was made a lord justice of appeal, but resigned in 1892; and subsequently his knowledge of equity and talents for arbitration were utilized by the British government from time to time in various special directions, particularly as chairman of many commissions . He was also one of the British representatives at the Paris North Sea Inquiry Commission (1905), and was appointed a member of the Hague Permanent Arbitration Court . He wrote A Treatise on the Specific Performance of Public Contracts (London, 1858, and many subsequent editions) .