Æneas John McIntyre (6 December 1821 – 19 September 1889) was a

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1885.

Career

Aeneas McIntyre joined the

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on 6 November 1843 and was called to the bar on 20 November 1846. On 8 February 1872 he was appointed

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and became a Bencher of his Inn on 27 May 1873. He went on the North Wales and Chester circuit and was elected a member of the Bar Committee in December 1883.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
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/ref> At the 1880 general election McIntyre was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for

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. He held the seat until Worcester's representation was reduced to one seat under the Redistribution of Seats Act. At the 1880 general election he stood unsuccessfully in Hackney North. McIntyre was appointed County Court Judge for circuit No. 12 (Yorkshire) in January 1889.

Personal life

Mclntyre was born in

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, Surrey in 1821, the only son of Aeneas Mclntyre LL.D. and F.L.S., of

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, and Hackney and his wife Charlotte Susanna Thompson, daughter of William Thomson of

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. He married Eleanor Corbett daughter of George Corbett in

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in 1854. They had three children; Angus G. (c.1855 - 1904), Edith C. (c.1857 - 1912), and Mary E. (born c.1860).http://www.freebmd.org.uk He died nine months after his appointment as a Judge at the age of 67 and is buried in

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