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[[File:Andrew Scoble.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Scoble in 1895.]]
'''Sir Andrew Richard Scoble''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|PC|QC}} (1831–1916) was an English lawyer, politician and judge.

==Family==
Andrew Scoble was born in London in 1831. His father was John Scoble, an English Congregational minister and later Canadian politician who was active in the [[Abolitionism|British abolitionism movement]] from the 1830s to the 1850s, including assisting the integration of escaped American slaves into Canada. His brother, Thomas Clarkson Scoble, was an early advocate of the [[Hudson Bay Railway (1910)|Hudson Bay Railway]] in Manitoba.<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/scoble_john_9E.html "Scoble, John," ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography''.]</ref>

In 1863, Scoble married Augusta Hariette Nicholson.<ref name="Rao">[[s:The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Scoble, Right Hon’ble Sir Andrew Richard|"Scoble, Right Hon’ble Sir Andrew Richard," ''The Indian Biographical Dictionary'' (1915) by C. Hayavadana Rao]]</ref>

==Education and professional life==
Scoble was educated at the [[City of London School]] and was called to the Bar at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1856.

From 1870 to 1877, he served as the [[Advocate-General of Bombay]],<ref>{{cite book|title=The India List and India Office List |page=608}}</ref> in which capacity he appeared regularly before the [[Bombay High Court|Bombay courts]] and served as an ''ex-officio'' member of the [[Bombay Legislative Council]]. He also served a one-year term as Dean of Law at the University of Bombay in 1871 and was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1876.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NeMNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=andrew+scoble+advocate+general+bombay&source=bl&ots=iD5dc3huV6&sig=CILEbCgXIDDy524w1ga1V9vwD0U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s7N9U8-iJefL8wH76IGQDA&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=andrew%20scoble%20advocate%20general%20bombay&f=false ''Bombay University Calendar for the Year 1879-80'', p. 160.]</ref>

In his capacity as Advocate General, he led the prosecution in a notable state trial of [[Malhar Rao Gaekwad|Malhar Rao]], Gaekwar Bahadur of [[Baroda State|Baroda]], who was charged with attempting to poison the [[British Resident#Residents in Asia|British Resident]], Colonel [[Robert Phayre (British Army officer)|Robert Phayre]]. The trial, before a special six-member Commission, lasted five weeks and ended in a split decision: the three British members were in favour of conviction, two of the Indian members held the prosecution was not proven, and the third Indian member voted for an acquittal. The Government resolved the issue by deposing the Gaekwar in favour of [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III|his twelve-year-old nephew]], on the basis of alleged misgovernment.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5297229 "The Wonders of Asia", ''The Advertiser'' (Adelaide, SA), 18 July 1911, p. 11.]</ref>

From 1886 to 1891, Scoble was a member of the [[Imperial Legislative Council|Legislative Council of India]]. He was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in 1889 and the next year elevated to a Knight Companion of the order.<ref name="Rao" />

==Political activity==
In 1886, Scoble stood unsuccessfully for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in a by-election in the constituency of [[Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South]], coming in second, behind the Liberal candidate, [[Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen|Sir Charles Russell]].

On his return to Britain, he was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney Central]] from 1892 until 1900.<ref name="Abergavenny">[http://cymru1914.org/en/view/newspaper/4121596/1/ART4/* "Death of Sir A. Scoble", ''Abergavenny Chronicle'', 21 January 1916]</ref> In Parliament, he supported the proposal for leasehold enfranchisement in London, which would broaden the franchise to include tenants in leaseholds, a proposal advocated by [[Lord Randolph Churchill]] and other Conservatives.<ref>Alex Windscheffel, ''Popular Conservatism in Imperial London, 1868-1906'', p. 74, n. 140.</ref> He was appointed a member of the Royal Commission on Indian civil and military expenditure.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26630|page=3145|date=31 May 1895}}</ref> In 1899 he served as Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn.<ref name="Abergavenny"/>

==Judicial career==
After leaving Parliament, Scoble was appointed to the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] in 1901.<ref>''[[The London Gazette]]'': [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27385/page/8714 no. 27385. p. 8714. 10 December 1901.]</ref>

==Death==
Scoble was pre-deceased by his wife, who died in 1904.<ref name="Rao" /> Scoble himself died at his residence, Chivelston, Parkside, Wimbledon Common, on 17 January 1916, aged eighty-five.<ref name="Abergavenny"/>

==Publications==

''[[François Guizot|Guizot’s]] History of English Revolution'' (translation).

''[[François Mignet|Mignet’s]] History of Mary Queen of Scots'' (translation).

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Andrew Scoble}}
* {{Hansard-contribs | sir-andrew-scoble | Andrew Scoble}}

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