Men-at-the-Bar/Courtney, Leonard Henry

by Joseph Foster

Courtney, Leonard Henry, M.A., M.P. Liskeard since 1876, financial secretary to the Treasury 1882-4, professor of political economy at Univ. Coll. 1872-5, under-secretary of state for home department 1880-1 and for colonial affairs 1881-2, B.A. (second wrangler and fellow), St. John's Coll., Camb., 1855, M.A. 1858, examiner to Inns of Court 186–, a student of Lincoln's Inn 23 Nov., 1855 (then aged 23), called to the bar 7 June, 1858 (eldest son of John Sampson Courtney, of Penzance); born 1832; married 1883 Catherine, dau. of Richard Potter, Esq., of Standish House, Stonehouse, co. Glouc.

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