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Henry Storks

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
4 Nov 1866 (aged 66–67)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
28 Div, 1, 9 Troyon
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Legal Obituary - Mr. Serjeant Storks
The late Mr. Henry Storks, serjeant-at-law, who died at Paris on the 4th inst., was the eldest son of the late Robert Storks, Esq., of Nottingham, by Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Burroughes. He was born in London in the year 1779, educated at Merchant Taylor's School and St. Peter's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in Nov. 1803, and joined the Norfolk Circuit, of which he was at one time the only acknowledge leader. He was appointed in 1827 a serjeant-at-law, and obtained a patent of precedency in 1831. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely and recorder of Cambridge in 1823. He was for some years before his decease one of the judges of the Metropolitan County Courts, but retired in 1859. At his death he was one of the oldest members of the English Bar. Mr. Serjeant Storks, who was a magistrate for Middlesex, married in 1810 Mary Anne, daughter and co-heir of the late Thomas Trundle, Esq., by whom he has left issue three children-a daughter and two sons. His elder son is the Right Hon. Sir Henry Storks, G.C.B., Governor of Malta, late Lieut-General commanding the forces, and Governor-in-Chief in Jamaica, who was born in 1811. The deceased was buried at the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris.
Legal Obituary - Mr. Serjeant Storks
The late Mr. Henry Storks, serjeant-at-law, who died at Paris on the 4th inst., was the eldest son of the late Robert Storks, Esq., of Nottingham, by Charlotte, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Burroughes. He was born in London in the year 1779, educated at Merchant Taylor's School and St. Peter's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in Nov. 1803, and joined the Norfolk Circuit, of which he was at one time the only acknowledge leader. He was appointed in 1827 a serjeant-at-law, and obtained a patent of precedency in 1831. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely and recorder of Cambridge in 1823. He was for some years before his decease one of the judges of the Metropolitan County Courts, but retired in 1859. At his death he was one of the oldest members of the English Bar. Mr. Serjeant Storks, who was a magistrate for Middlesex, married in 1810 Mary Anne, daughter and co-heir of the late Thomas Trundle, Esq., by whom he has left issue three children-a daughter and two sons. His elder son is the Right Hon. Sir Henry Storks, G.C.B., Governor of Malta, late Lieut-General commanding the forces, and Governor-in-Chief in Jamaica, who was born in 1811. The deceased was buried at the cemetery of Montmartre, Paris.


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