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'''Sir John Edge''' (28 July 1841 – 30 July 1926) was [[Chief Justice]] in the [[Allahabad High Court]], India, during the [[British Raj]] era. A member of the [[Middle Temple]], of which he acted for some time as treasurer, he was also appointed a judicial member of the [[Council of India]] and a member of the [[Privy Council]].{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
John Edge was the only child of Benjamin Booker Edge and his wife, Esther Anne. He was born on 28 July 1841 at [[Clonbrock]] in [[County Laois|Queen's County]] (now County Laois), Ireland. His family claimed a [[Saxon]] origin and had been in Ireland since the [[Stuart period]].{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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Edge was privately educated prior to attending [[Trinity College, Dublin]] between 1858 and 1861. He was awarded both [[B.A.]] and [[LL.B.]] degrees from that institution and was called to the [[Bar (law)|Irish bar]] in 1864 as a member of the [[King's Inns]] in [[Dublin]]. Two years later, he was admitted to the English bar by the Middle Temple and proceeded to practise in the north of that country.{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1886, Edge became a [[Queen's Counsel]], was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] and appointed [[Chief Justice]] of the high court of the [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]. He replaced [[William Comer Petheram]] in that role and was based in [[Allahabad]].{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25591|date=28 May 1886|page=2572}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25605|date=6 July 1886|page=3276}}</ref><br />
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Holding office until 1898, Edge proved to be a capable leader of a court that included several other very talented judges. He also demonstrated considerable administrative skills, such as arranging for the codification of the court's rules and, between 1887–1893, serving as the first [[Chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Allahabad]]. He also headed the famine relief committee set up in response to the 1896 famine in India.{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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In January 1899, after his recent retirement from the Chief Justice role, Edge became a judicial member of the Council of India and retained that role until 1908. It was at this time that he was also elected to the bench of the Middle Temple, of which he served as treasurer in 1919. In 1902, he also served on a [[Royal Commission]] that investigated the [[Boer War]] and in 1905 was involved in an inquiry that ultimately had a part in the creation of the [[Court of Criminal Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Criminal Appeal]].{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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Edge became a privy counsellor in January 1909 and in that role he heard many legal appeals from India between 1916 and May 1926, when he retired completely, just short of his 85th birthday.{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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== Family ==<br />
Edge married Laura Loughborough, the daughter of a solicitor from [[Surrey]] in England, in September 1867. The couple had one son and four daughters.{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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== Death ==<br />
John Edge died suddenly on 30 July 1926 at his house, 123 Oakwood Court in [[Kensington]], London.{{sfnp|FitzGerald|2004|ps=}}<br />
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