Robert McCall (barrister)
Sir Robert Alfred McCall lawyer.
He was born at
Queen's College Galway and Queen's College Belfast
.
Legal career
Called to the Bar by the
Queen's Counsel). He served in numerous cases involving the common law
and, while not making the first rank of Winch and Candy, was a powerful and popular advocate.
Politically, McCall was allied to the
Lord James of Hereford. This friendship led to McCall's appointment as Attorney General and Queen's Serjeant to the Duchy of Lancaster
.
He was elected as a
Huguenot
Society of London in 1923.
He was a correspondent with National Portrait Gallery.
He married Alice MacSwinney of Galway in 1876 (McCall had attended university with her brother R. F. MacSwinney).
Sources
Obituary, The Times, 7 April 1934; pg. 12; Issue 46722; col C
External links
- Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin: