Henry Bret Ince QC (1830 – 7 May 1889) was a British businessman, writer, and politician.

Life

Ince was the eldest son of Edward Bret Ince, publisher of the ''Law Journal''. He initially worked in shipping until he suffered an accident which limited his mobility and he was forced to change his career. Accordingly, he learnt

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and started work as a reporter. He became a leader writer for the ''Daily News''. He subsequently decided to study law, entering the

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in 1852. He was

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in 1855. He reported the proceedings in Vice-Chancellor

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's court for ''The Jurist''. In 1858, Ince published a legal commentary, "A systematic treatment of the Trustee Act, 1850, and the Extension Act of 1852". He migrated to

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''ad eundem'' in 1859. On 28 June 1875, he

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, and he was made a bencher of Lincoln's Inn on 4 November 1878. He was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for

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in 1883. When that constituency was reduced by a member in 1885, he was returned for

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, but was defeated in 1886. In 1862 he married Annie Muggeridge of

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. He died suddenly from a

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at his chambers in Lincoln's Inn in May 1889.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ince, Henry Bret 1830 births 1889 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Inner Temple UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886