Men-at-the-Bar/Mayne, John Dawson
Mayne, John Dawson, joined the Madras bar 1857, assistant secretary to Government in legislation department 1860-72, clerk of the Crown 186—, chief clerk insolvent debtors' court, Crown prosecutor and acting advocate-general Madras 1862-72, Inns of Court professor of common law 1879-83, author of treatises on The Law of Damages, Hindu Law, and Indian Penal Code, contested Falmouth 1880, a student of the Inner Temple 2 May, 1850 (then aged 25), second prizeman, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1854 (3rd son of John Mayne, Esq., dec.); bom 31 Dec., 1828; married 1st, Aug., 1859, Helen Sarah, dau. of Col. Richard Hamilton, Madras staff corps; he married 2ndly, May, 1873, Annie Katherme, dau. of Charles Craigie-Halkett, Esq., of Cramond, Midlothian.
- Goodrest, Reading, Berks; 1, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.