CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF HALSBURY,
LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ALVERSTONE,
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR RICHARD HENN COLLINS,
MASTER OF THE ROLLS

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT

SIR R. B. FINLAY, K.C.,
ATTORNEY-GENERAL

GENERAL EDITOR

A. WOOD RENTON, Esq., PUISNE JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MAURITIUS

ASSISTED BY

MAX. A. ROBERTSON, Esq., BARRISTER-AT-LAW

THE

ENGLISH REPORTS

VOLUME XVII

PRIVY COUNCIL

VI

CONTAINING

MOORE, P.C., N.S., VOLUMES 7 to 9

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LIST OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE MOST HONOUR

ABLE PRIVY COUNCIL, DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY
MOORE, NEW SERIES, VOLUMES VII-IX. (1870-1874).

Lord HATHERLEY, The Lord High Chancellor.

The Marquis of RIPON, Lord President.

The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, formerly Lord President.

The Duke of BUCCLEUGH, formerly Lord President.

The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, late Lord President.
The Earl of LONSDALE, formerly Lord President.
The Earl of GRANVILLE, formerly Lord President.
The Earl RUSSELL, formerly Lord President.
Lord ST. LEONARDS, formerly Lord High Chancellor.
Lord CHELMSFORD, formerly Lord High Chancellor.
Lord WESTBURY, formerly Lord High Chancellor.
Lord ROMILLY, Master of the Rolls.

Lord CAIRNS, late Lord High Chancellor.

Lord PENZANCE, Judge of Her Majesty's Court of Probate and Divorce.

The Right Hon. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, D.C.L., late Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.

The Right Hon. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Bart., late Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer.

The Right Hon. Sir LAWRENCE PEEL, Knt., formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN, Bart., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench.

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Knt., formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM ERLE, Knt., late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES WILLIAM COLVILE, Knt., formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta.

The Right Hon. Sir EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Knt., formerly one of the Judges

of the Court of Common Pleas.

The Right Hon. Sir FITZ-ROY EDWARD KELLY, Knt., Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer.

The Right Hon. Sir RICHARD TORIN KINDERSLEY, Knt., late one of the ViceChancellors of the Court of Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM BOVILL, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN ROLT, Knt., formerly one of the Lords Justices of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT JOSEPH PHILLIMORE, Knt., D.C.L., Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.

The Right Hon. Sir CHARLES JOSEPH SELWYN, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir JOSEPH NAPIER, Bart., late Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MARKHAM GIFFARD, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM MILBOURNE JAMES, Knt., one of the Lords Justices. of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir BARNES PEACOCK, Knt., late Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta.

The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MELLISH, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

The Right Hon. Sir JOHN STUART, Knt., late one of the Vice-Chancellors of the Court of Chancery.

The Right Hon. MONTAGUE BERNARD, D.C.L.

The Right Hon. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt., late one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

The Right Hon. Sir MONTAGUE EDWARD SMITH, Knt., late one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER, Knt., late one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.