Men-at-the-Bar/Mellor, Rt. Hon. Sir John

by Joseph Foster

Mellor, Rt. Hon. Sir John, Knt., P.C., a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench 1861-75, a justice of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, 1875-9, knighted 11 June, 1862, P.C. 26 June, 1879, recorder of Warwick 1848-52, of Leicester 1855-61, M.P. Yarmouth 1857-9, Nottingham 1859-61, author of Suggestions as to Oaths, a student of the Inner Temple 5 June, 1828, called to the bar 7 June, 1833, Q.C. 8 July, 1851, bencher 21 Nov., 1851, serjeant-at-law 13 Jan., 1862 (son of John Mellor, of Leicester); born 1 Jan., 1809; married 24 Sept., 1833, Elizabeth, dau. of late William Moseley, Esq., and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).

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