​ANSTEY, THOMAS CHISHOLM (1816–1873)

Barrister and political writer : born in London, 1816 : educated at Wellington and University College, London : called to the bar at the Middle Temple, 1839 : became, in the Oxford movement, a Roman Catholic, and Professor of Law at the Roman Catholic College near Bath : wrote on legal and political subjects : was M.P. for Youghal 1847–52, when his excessive speaking in Parliament was much resented : appointed Attorney General at Hongkong, 1854, but was suspended by the Governor, Sir John Bowring, in 1858 : after a short time at Calcutta, he was very successful at the Bombay bar, and in 1865 acted for a few months as a Judge of the High Court : failing to obtain work at the English bar, he returned to Bombay and died there, Aug 17, 1873 : his violent temper stood in his way through life, leading him into constant quarrels with his profession and society.