1-273-550 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sir Fitz-Roy Edward Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1880. He was appointed solicitor-general in 1845, during the administration of Sir Robert Peel. He was also solicitor-general under Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby's administration in 1852, and was attorney-general in Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby's second administration. He was raised to the bench in 1866 and appointed chief baron of the exchequer, and was sworn into the privy council. In 1875 he became Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).