Thom's Irish Who's Who/Cherry, The Rt. Hon. Richard Robert

CHERRY, The Rt. Hon. Richard Robert, P.C. (1905); M.A., LL.D.; youngest son of late Robt. W. Cherry, Sol.; b. 19th March, 1859; m. 1886, Mary Wilhelmina, dau. of the late Robt. Cooper, of Collinstown House, Leixlip; B.A., T.C.D. Double Gold Medallist in Mental Science and History and Political Science (1879). Called to Irish Bar, 1881: Q.C. (1896), Professor of Constitutional and Criminal Law in University of Dublin, 1889-94; M.P. for Liverpool, Exchange. 1906-09; Attorney-General for Ireland, 1905-09; Lord Justice of Appeal, Ireland, 1909-14: Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1914-16. Res.: 92 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Club: University, Dublin.