James McClelland (solicitor-general)

James McClelland (born c. 1768, died 1831 in Annaverna)[1] was an Irish politician, Solicitor-General, and Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland).

Biography

He was the son of James McClelland of Millmount, County Down. He attended Dublin University, entered Middle Temple in 1787, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1790. He became the Member of Parliament for Randalstown in 1798, and was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1801, as a reward for his support for the Act of Union 1801. He was raised to the Bench in 1803 as Baron of the Exchequer (rather against his own wish, since aged only 35 he felt he was too young for high office), and served to his retirement in 1830. He married Charlotte Thompson of County Louth in 1797. They are buried at Ballymascanlon, where a memorial was erected to them.


References
  1. F. Elrington Ball (2005). The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 9781584774280. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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