Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lawson, Rt. Hon. James Anthony
Lawson, Rt. Hon. James Anthony, created D.C.L. 17 June, 1885 (son of James Lawson, of Waterford), scholar Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1836, B.A. 1838, LL.B. 1841, LL.D. 1850, professor political economy 1840-5, bar.-at-law. King's Inns, Dublin, 1840, Q.C. 1857, sergeant-at-law 1860, legal adviser to Government in Ireland 1858-61, solicitor-general (I.) 1861-5, attorney-general (I.) 1865-6, a judge of Common Pleas (I.) 1868-87, M.P. Portarlington 1865-8, etc., P.C. England 1870, and Ireland 1865, died 10 Aug., 1887.