George Wright (lawyer)
George Wright (1847 - 15 May 1913) was an Irish lawyer and judge.
Wright was a native of Clonakilty, County Cork, where his father and brothers practiced as solicitors; he married Mary Barrington in 1881.
He was called to the Bar in 1871, took silk in 1884, and served as Solicitor-General for Ireland from January 1900[1] to 1903 in the Unionist government headed by Lord Salisbury. He was appointed to the Queen's Bench Division of the Irish High Court in 1903 where he served till his death.[2] He was immensely popular with his colleagues and greatly respected as a lawyer; a colleague humorously described him as a man who is "on the borderline of genius but never trespasses"; a popular verse hailed him as " Judge Wright, who's never wrong!"
Wright died 15 May 1913.[3]
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