Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell (1837–99)

Lawyer. BA, University College London, 1857. Called to the bar (Lincoln’s Inn), 1860. Liberal MP for Durham City, 1874–85. Solicitor general, 1880; lord chancellor, 1886, 1892–5. Created Baron Herschell of the City of Durham, 1886. Knighted, 1880.