Men-at-the-Bar/Charles, Arthur

by Joseph Foster

Charles, Arthur, Q.C., D.C.L. Durham 1884 and M.A. Lambeth, B.A., Univ. Coll., London, 1858, recorder of Bath since 1878, chancellor of the diocese of Southwell and commissary of Westminster, a member of the Western circuit, examiner in common law London Univ. 1877-82, member of the Bar Committee since Dec, 1883, and of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, a student of the Inner Temple 11 Jan., 1859 (then aged 19), certificate of honour Nov., 1861, called to the bar 27 Jan., 1862, Q.C. 13 Feb., 1877, bencher 28 Jan., 1880 (7th surviving son of Robert Charles, Esq., of London); born 23 Jan., 1839; married 10 April, 1866, Rachel Christian, eldest dau. of Thomas Duncan Newton, Esq., of Plymouth.

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