Richard Cherry, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Cherry

Irish member of UK Parliament and judge

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1859

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1923

Profession: judge, politician

Nationality: Irish Free State

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Richard Robert Cherry PC, QC (19 March 1859 – 10 February 1923) was an Irish politician and judge.
He was Attorney-General for Ireland from 1905 to 1909, a judge of the Irish Court of Appeal and subsequently Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland 1913–1916.
A Liberal, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Exchange in 1906.
Cherry's published works include Lectures on the Growth of Criminal Law in Ancient Communities, 1890, and a book on the Irish Land Acts which was described as an indispensable part of every Irish barrister's library.
He was president of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland between 1908 and 1911.