John Corrie Carter
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John Corrie Carter | |
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 John Corrie Carter, depicted in Vanity Fair (1912) | |
| Born | 29 December 1839 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 5 June 1927 (aged 87) Rhayader, Wales |
| Occupation | Barrister |
John Corrie Carter (29 December 1839 – 5 June 1927) was an English barrister, High Sheriff, author and sportsman.
Born at Islington Row, Birmingham, Corrie Carter was the third son of Maria (youngest sister of inventor Sir Francis Ronalds) and solicitor Samuel Carter.[1][2] The painter Hugh Carter was his brother. He married Amy Josephine Lonsdale, the granddaughter of Bishop John Lonsdale, on 31 October 1876 at Lichfield Cathedral.[3] The couple had no children. Around 1880 he and Amy purchased an estate at Rhayader, in Radnorshire, Wales, and he died and was buried there approaching 50 years later.[4]
Legal career
Corrie Carter graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Trinity College, University of Cambridge.[5] Admitted to the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1865 and went on the Midland Circuit. In private practice he was counsel for the Birmingham Mint.[6]
From 1876, for a decade, he served as a Revising Barrister[7] in numerous districts around the Midlands. In the period 1881–1912 he was Recorder of Stamford, and in 1895–1913 he was also chairman of the Radnorshire Court of Quarter Sessions. He served as High Sheriff for Radnorshire in 1893. He was in addition a director of the Midland Railway in 1896–1910.[3]
