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SIR BARNES PEACOCK (1810-189o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 20 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:BARNES See also:PEACOCK (1810-189o)  , See also:English See also:judge, was See also:born in 181o, the son of See also:Lewis See also:Peacock, a See also:solicitor . After practising as a See also:special pleader, he was called to the See also:bar in 1836, and in 1844 obtained See also:great reputation by pointing out the flaw which invalidated the conviction of See also:Daniel O'Connell and his See also:fellow defendants . In 1852 he went to See also:India as legal member of the See also:governor-See also:general's See also:council . He here displayed great activity as a See also:law reformer, but sometimes manifested too little See also:consideration for native susceptibilities . The legislative council was established soon after his arrival, and although no orator, he was so frequent a See also:speaker that legislation enjoining councillors to deliver their speeches sitting was said to have been devised with the See also:sole See also:object of restraining him . As a member of See also:Lord See also:Dalhousie's council he supported the See also:annexation of Oudh, and he stood by Lord See also:Canning all through the See also:Mutiny . In 1859 he became See also:chief See also:justice of the Supreme See also:Court . He returned to See also:England in 1870, and in 1872 was placed upon the judicial See also:committee of the privy council, where his See also:Indian experience rendered him invaluable . He died on the 3rd of See also:December 1890 .

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