The Law Adviser to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was a Law Officer of the English Crown in nineteenth-century Ireland. The office lapsed in the 1880s, due apparently to concerns that it was becoming
Sketch of Charles Robert Barry, Law Adviser 1865-1866
Richard Wilson Greene
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Richard Wilson Greene PC, KC was an Irish barrister and judge.
Law Adviser to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
…private practice, and Robinson after a similarly brief time resigned to become Chairman of Quarter Sessions. The appointment could be "non-political": Richard Wilson Greene, the first Law Adviser, was generally seen as an opponent of the Government which appointed him. The Attorney General normally had the final word in…
A photo of Richard Wilson Greene 1791-1861 (Irish Judge)