QUAIN

Sir John Richard (youngest son of Richard Quain of Ratheahy, co. Cork). b. Ratheahy 1816; educ. Göttingen and Univ. coll. London, fellow 1843; LL.B. London 1839, univ. law scholar; examiner in law to univ. of London several years, and member of the senate June 1860; practised as a special pleader 1841–51; barrister M.T. 30 May 1851, bencher Nov. 1866 to Jany. 1872; went northern circuit; Q.C. 23 July 1866; attorney general for county palatine of Durham 2 Sept. 1868 to Dec. 1871; judge of court of queen’s bench 5 Jany. 1872 to death; serjeant-at-law 9 Jany. 1872; knighted at Windsor castle 22 April 1872; his law library was presented to Univ. college, London by his brother Richard Quain 1876; author with Henry Holroyd of The new system of common law procedure 1852. d. 22 A Cavendish sq. London 12 Sept. 1876. bur. Marylebone cemet. Finchley 18 Sept., marble bust of him placed in hall of Middle Temple Jany. 1888. A generation of judges. By their reporter (1886) 30–8; Law Times 23 Sept. 1876 p. 357.