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Sir Harry Trelawney Eve (13 October 1856 – 10 December 1940) was an English barrister, judge and Liberal Party politician. Family and educationHarry Trelawney Eve was born in London. He was the only son of Thomas Eve, a Jamaica merchant. He was educated privately and at Exeter College, Oxford where he gained his BA degree in 1876 and his MA in 1883.[1] On 24 June 1879 Eve married Beatrice Wright, daughter of Henry Strangways Hounsell, a medical doctor from Torquay.[2] They had one son (who was killed in action in 1917) and two daughters.[3] Harry Trelawney Eve was building "Forder Gardens" in South Devon for his son, when he died in action. The house was left incomplete, with only the walls and Gate houses left behind. CareerEve went in for the law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1881, practised at the Chancery Bar [4] and took silk in 1895.[5] He became a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 1899. In 1907 he was appointed to be a judge in the Chancery Division and he served in that capacity until 1937 when he retired. He was asked to sit in the Court of Appeal on many occasions but was never promoted to sit there permanently.[6] Eve was also a farmer. He owned land in Devon and farmed it professionally.[7] He was particularly interested in the breeding of South Devon cattle.[8] He listed farming as a recreation in Who’s Who [9] and was member of the Farming Club.[10] Eve had other business and financial interests too. In 1907 he was elected as a director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.[11] PoliticsIn 1904, Eve accepted the invitation of the Liberal Party in Ashburton in Devon to become their candidate in the by-election caused by the death of the sitting Liberal MP, Charles Seale-Hayne.[12] He won the seat and represented Ashburton until 1907 when he resigned to take up his appointment as a judge.[13] Other appointments and honoursEve was made a Justice of the Peace for the county of Devon in 1903.[14] In 1907 he was elected an honorary fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and was knighted in the same year.[15] He retired from the bench in 1937 for reasons of declining health [16] and was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council.[17] DeathEve died at Eldon House, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, on 10 December 1940 [18] at the age of 84 years.[19] References1. ^H. G. Hanbury, rev. Sinéad Agnew, Harry Trelawney Eve in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; OUP 2004-09 2. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 3. ^Hanbury, DNB 4. ^The Times, 11 December 1940 p9 5. ^The Times, 22 July 1895 p9 6. ^The Times, 11 December 1940 p9 7. ^The Times, 11 December 1917 p12 8. ^The British Year Book of Agriculture and Agricultural Who’s Who; Vinton & Co, 1908 p500 9. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 10. ^The Times, 11 December 1940 p9 11. ^The Times, 3 May 1907 p13 12. ^The Times, 3 December 1903 p5 13. ^Hanbury, DNB 14. ^Who was Who, OUP 2007 15. ^Hanbury, DNB 16. ^The Times, 4 March 1937 p14 17. ^The Times,19 March 1937 p19 18. ^Hanbury, DNB 19. ^http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons3.htm External links
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