Men-at-the-Bar/Phear, Sir John Budd

by Joseph Foster

Phear, Sir John Budd, M.A. (senior fellow 1847, and assistant tutor), Clare Coll., Camb., 1850, B.A., 6th wrangler, Pembroke Coll., Camb., 1847, chief justice of Ceylon 1877-9, puisne judge Calcutta 1864-76, knighted 11 Oct., 1877, chairman quarter sessions Devon, J.P., author of Treatise on the Rights of Water, Elementary Mechanics, Elementary Hydrostatics, The Aryan Village, and International Trade, a student of the Inner Temple 12 Nov., 1847 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1854 (eldest son of Rev. John Phear, rector of Earl Stonham, Suffolk); born 9 Feb., 1825; married 16 Oct., 1865, Emily, widow of George Cardale Tabart, Esq., dau. of John Bolton, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey.

Marpool Hall, Exmouth, Devon; United University and National Liberal Clubs.