Denis Henry, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDenis Henry
Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1864
Date of Death: 01-Oct-1925
Profession: judge, politician
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Denis Henry
- Sir Denis Stanislaus Henry, 1st Baronet, (7 March 1864 – 1 October 1925) was an Irish lawyer and politician who became the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. Henry was born in Cahore, Draperstown, County Londonderry, the son of a prosperous Roman Catholic businessman.
- He was educated at Marist College, Dundalk, Mount St Mary's College, Chesterfield (a Jesuit foundation) and Queen's College, Belfast, where he won every law scholarship available to a student in addition to many other prizes and exhibitions.
- In 1885, he was called to the Bar of Ireland. During the general election campaign of 1895, Henry spoke in support of unionist candidates in two constituencies: Thomas Lea in South Londonderry, Henry's native constituency, and E.
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- Herdman in East Donegal. Henry's legal career flourished - he became Queen's Counsel in 1896, a Bencher of the King's Inns in 1898 and ultimately Father of the North-West Circuit - but his interest in politics did not diminish.
- In March 1905, he was a delegate at the inaugural meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council and in the North Tyrone by-election in 1907, he was the Unionist candidate, which he lost by a mere seven votes. On 23 May 1916, he was elected as an MP in the South Londonderry by-election, the first by-election to be held in Ireland after the Easter Rising.
- The rebellion had had no discernible impact on the contest. In November 1918, he became Solicitor-General for Ireland and in July 1919, Attorney General for Ireland.
- He later served as the first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1925.
- In 1923, he became a Baronet, of Cahore in the County of Londonderry. He married Violet Holmes, daughter of Hugh Holmes, a judge of the Court of Appeal in Ireland, and Olivia Moule.
- They had five children, including James Holmes Henry, who succeeded as second baronet.
- It was a mixed marriage as Violet was and remained a staunch member of the Church of Ireland.
- Despite their religious difference, the marriage is said to have been happy. He died in 1925, aged 61, and was buried near his native Draperstown.
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