HOLKER

Sir John ( son of Samuel Holker of Bury, Lancs. ) b. Bury 24 March 1828; ed. at Bury gr. sch.; barrister G.I. 9 June 1854, bencher 15 April 1868, treasurer 1875; practised at Manchester 1854–64; removed to London 1864; Q.C. 21 Feb. 1868; much engaged in patent cases; M.P. Preston 1872–82; solicitor general 20 April 1874; knighted at Windsor Castle 12 Dec. 1874; attorney general 25 Nov. 1875 to May 1880, his income during 1875–77 was £22,000 a year; lord justice of court of appeal 14 Jany. 1882, resigned 19 May 1882. d. 46 Devons hire st. Portland place, London 24 May 1882. bur. St. Cuthbert’s church, Lytham 30 May. A generation of Judges, By Their Reporter (1886) 119–27; I.L.N. lxiv , 493 (1874), portrait ; Times 25 May 1882 p. 9, cols. 3–4.