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Called to the Irish bar in 1822 , he administered the Insurrection Act in Limerick for two years, effectually restoring order in the district. In 1826 he became a Serjeant-at-law , and in 1830 , and again, in 1841 , was Attorney-General For Ireland . In 1842 he became Master Of The Rolls in Ireland, in 1846 Chief-Justice Of The Queen's Bench, and in 1852 (and again in 1866 ) Lord Chancellor of Ireland. In 1856 he was made a Lord Justice Of Appeal In Ireland .

He is remembered as having prosecuted Daniel O'Connell and presided at the trial of William Smith O'Brien .

''From the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica ''