Stearne Ball Miller (1813 – 2 May 1897) was an

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barrister, judge and politician. He was born in

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, son of the Reverend George Miller, the

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priest and noted

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, and Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Robert Ball of

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...

.Walford, Edward ''The County Families of the United Kingdom'' 2nd Edition London Robert Hardwicke and Co 1864 p.695 He was

called to the Bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

in 1835, Queen's Counsel in 1852. He married Sarah Rutherford, daughter of M.B. Rutherford of

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

. He lived at Rutland Square in Dublin. Miller was first elected MP for Armagh City in 1857, but was defeated at the next election in 1859. He regained the seat at the 1865 election, but resigned after being appointed the judge in

bankruptcy Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts. In most jurisdictions, bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the deb ...

in 1867. He held office as the Irish Bankruptcy judge until his death in 1897.Delaney, V.T.H '' Christopher Palles'' Allen Figgis and Co Dublin 1960

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* 1813 births 1897 deaths Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Armagh constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1865–1868 19th-century Irish judges Irish King's Counsel 19th-century King's Counsel {{Ireland-UK-MP-stub