Edward Sullivan Murphy
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Edward Sullivan Murphy PC(NI) KC (3 February 1880–3 December 1945) was an Irish
barrister
, judge
and politician. He was brother-in-law to Northern Ireland's first Lord Chief Justice, Sir Denis Henry, Bt. (they both married daughters of Lord Justice Holmes).
He was educated at Charterhouse School
, Surrey
, and Trinity College, Dublin
. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1903 and the English Bar in 1921.
He was elected to the Northern Ireland Senate
as an Ulster Unionist Party
member on 22 March 1929, but resigned on 11 April of the same year in order to contest the City of Londonderry
seat at the Northern Ireland general election, 1929
. He thus had the shortest term of any Senator in Northern Ireland.
Murphy won the seat, and held it at subsequent elections. He served as Attorney General for Northern Ireland
from 1937–1939, and resigned from the office and from Parliament upon appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1939, as which he served until his death.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
barrister
Barrister
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
, judge
Judge
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and politician. He was brother-in-law to Northern Ireland's first Lord Chief Justice, Sir Denis Henry, Bt. (they both married daughters of Lord Justice Holmes).
He was educated at Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School
Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...
, Surrey
Surrey
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, and Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1903 and the English Bar in 1921.
He was elected to the Northern Ireland Senate
Senate of Northern Ireland
The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.-Powers:...
as an Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
The Ulster Unionist Party – sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party – is the more moderate of the two main unionist political parties in Northern Ireland...
member on 22 March 1929, but resigned on 11 April of the same year in order to contest the City of Londonderry
City of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
The City of Londonderry parliamentary constituency was a single member constituency in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It was created in 1929, as one of the five single member constituencies replacing the former five member Londonderry constituency....
seat at the Northern Ireland general election, 1929
Northern Ireland general election, 1929
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. He thus had the shortest term of any Senator in Northern Ireland.
Murphy won the seat, and held it at subsequent elections. He served as Attorney General for Northern Ireland
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
The Attorney General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly....
from 1937–1939, and resigned from the office and from Parliament upon appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1939, as which he served until his death.