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'''Sir George Barnes Peacock''' (1805{{snd}}3 December 1890) was an English judge. He was the first Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court]] in [[India]]. | '''Sir George Barnes Peacock''' (1805{{snd}}3 December 1890) was an English judge. He was the first Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court]] in [[India]] and the final Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William]]. | ||
Peacock was the son of Lewis Peacock, a [[solicitor]]. After practising as a [[special pleader]], he was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] in 1836 by the [[Inner Temple]], and joined the Home Circuit.<ref name=":0">{{ODNBweb|id=21670|first=J. A.|last=Hamilton|title=Peacock, Sir Barnes (1810–1890)|first2=Roger T.|last2=Stearn|authorlink=John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner}}</ref> In 1844 he obtained great reputation by pointing out the flaw which invalidated the conviction of [[Daniel O'Connell]] and his fellow defendants.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=20}} He [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 1850, and was elected a [[bencher]] of the Inner Temple the same year.<ref name=":0" /> | Peacock was the son of Lewis Peacock, a [[solicitor]]. After practising as a [[special pleader]], he was [[Call to the bar|called to the bar]] in 1836 by the [[Inner Temple]], and joined the Home Circuit.<ref name=":0">{{ODNBweb|id=21670|first=J. A.|last=Hamilton|title=Peacock, Sir Barnes (1810–1890)|first2=Roger T.|last2=Stearn|authorlink=John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner}}</ref> In 1844 he obtained great reputation by pointing out the flaw which invalidated the conviction of [[Daniel O'Connell]] and his fellow defendants.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=20}} He [[Queen's Counsel|took silk]] in 1850, and was elected a [[bencher]] of the Inner Temple the same year.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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{{succession box | before=Sir [[James William Colvile]] | title=[[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William]] | years=1859–1862 | after=Position abolished}} | {{succession box | before=Sir [[James William Colvile]] | title=[[Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William]] | years=1859–1862 | after=Position abolished}} | ||
{{succession box | before=New position| title=[[Calcutta High Court#List of Chief Justices|Chief Justice of Bengal]] | years=1862–1870 | after=Sir [[Richard Couch]]}} | {{succession box | before=New position| title=[[Calcutta High Court#List of Chief Justices|Chief Justice of Bengal]] | years=1862–1870 | after=Sir [[Richard Couch (judge)|Richard Couch]]}} | ||
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