Francis Alexander FitzGerald [SEP] date of death
Francis Alexander FitzGerald
Francis Alexander FitzGerald (1807–1897) was an Irish barrister and judge, who had a distinguished career. He resigned from the Bench in unusual circumstance, on a point of principle.
He was the third son of Maurice FitzGerald (died 1838), Royal Physician to the British Crown at Madras, and his wife Mary Burton. William FitzGerald, Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert (1814–1883), was his youngest brother.
Early life.
He was born on 5 June 1807 in Madras, India
Ireland was of William Scanlan in 1911 for murdering his sister-in-law.
Execution of Irish republicans created political martyrs, such as the "Manchester Martyrs" of 1867. The Prevention of Crime (Ireland) Act, 1882, was enacted during the Land War and introduced on the day of the funeral of Lord Frederick Cavendish, one of the Phoenix Park murder victims. This encouraged non-jury trials to impose death sentences, prompting Francis Alexander FitzGerald to resign in protest as baron of the exchequer. In fact