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BARON JAMES HANNEN HANNEN (1821-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 920 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:JAMES See also:HANNEN HANNEN (1821-1894)  , . See also:English See also:judge, son of a See also:London See also:merchant, was See also:born at See also:Peckham in 1821 . He was educated at St See also:Paul's school and at See also:Heidelberg University. which was famous as a school of See also:law . Called to the See also:bar at the See also:Middle See also:Temple in 1848, he joined the See also:home See also:circuit . At this See also:time he also wrote for the See also:press, and supplied See also:special reports for the See also:Morning See also:Chronicle . Though not eloquent in speech, he was clear, accurate and painstaking, and soon advanced in his profession, passing many more brilliant competitors . He appeared for the claimant in the See also:Shrewsbury See also:peerage See also:case in 1858, when the 3rd See also:Earl See also:Talbot was declared to be entitled to the earldom of Shrewsbury as the descendant of the 2nd earl; was See also:principal See also:agent for See also:Great See also:Britain on the mixed See also:British and See also:American See also:commission for the See also:settlement of outstanding claims, 183—1855; and assisted in the See also:prosecution of the Fenian prisoners at See also:Manchester . In 1868 See also:Hannen was appointed a judge of the See also:Court of See also:Queen's See also:Bench . In many cases he took a strong position of his own, notably in that of See also:Farrar v . See also:Close (1869), which materially affected the legal status of See also:trade unions and was regarded by unionists as a severe See also:blow to their interests . Hannen became judge of the See also:Probate and See also:Divorce Court in 1872, and in 1875 he was appointed See also:president of the probate and See also:admiralty See also:division of the High Court of See also:Justice . Here he showed himself a worthy successor to See also:Cresswell and See also:Penzance .

Many important causes came before him, but he will chiefly be remembered for the manner in which he presided over the See also:

Parnell special commission . His See also:influence pervaded the whole proceedings, and it is understood that he personally penned a large See also:part of the voluminous See also:report . Hannen's last public service was in connexion with the See also:Bering See also:Sea inquiry at See also:Paris, when he acted as one of the British arbitrators . In See also:January 1891 he was appointed a See also:lord of See also:appeal in See also:ordinary (with the dignity of a See also:life peerage), but in that capacity he had few opportunities for displaying his See also:powers, and he retired at the close of the session of 1893 . He died in London, after a prolonged illness, on the 29th of See also:March 1894 .

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