SCYLLA & CHARYBDIS

"he drew a salary equal to that of the lord chancellor of Ireland. His life was rich." (U9.624)

Lord Chancellor was the highest judicial office in Ireland. The Lord Chancellor was also Speaker of the Irish House of Lords, and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland. This CDV shows the Rt Hon. John Thomas Ball MP (1815 - 1898), an Irish barrister, judge, politician, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1875 - 1880. The position was abolished with the Free State in 1922.