b. Co. Down, 1845. Ed. Queen's College Belfast, c. 1861-65. Professor of Metaphysics and Ethics, Magee College, Londonderry, 1869-1878. Called to the Bar in 1878. Whately Professor of Political Economy, Trinity College Dublin, 1876-91. Commissioner of National Education and County Court Judge for Kerry, 1891. County Court Judge for Antrim and Recorder of Belfast, 1909. Also served as Chairman of the 'Belfast Commissioners' responsible for framing the statutes of Queen's University Belfast and Pro-Chancellor. d. 1910.
Sources: Queen's Belfast, 1845-1949: the history of a university, T.W. Moody and J.C. Beckett (1959) Sources: Queen's Belfast, 1845-1949: the history of a university, T.W. Moody and J.C. Beckett (1959) Dictionary of Ulster Biography, Kate Newmann (Belfast, 1994)
From the guide to the Judge James J. Shaw Collection, 1859-1914, (Queen's University, Belfast)
