Men-at-the-Bar/Lingen, Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler

by Joseph Foster

Lingen, Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler, K.C.B. 31 May, 1879, M.A. (fellow), Balliol Coll., Oxon, 1846, chancellor's prize Latin essay 1843, Eldon law scholarship 1846, B.A. Trin. Coll. 1841, scholar 1837, Ireland scholarship 1838, Hertford scholarship 1839, permanent secretary to the treasury since 1870, secretary to committee of Council on Education 1849-70, a student of Lincoln's Inn 4 May, 1844 (then aged 25), called to the bar 6 May, 1847 (only son of Thomas Lingen, of Birmingham, manufacturer); born 19 Feb., 1819; married 4 Dec., 1852, Emma, 2nd dau. of Robert Hutton, Esq., of Putney Park, Surrey (see Foster's Baronetage).

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