952 Joseph Chitty

Constituency : Oxford  1880-81

Joseph  recaptured  the  second  seat  at  Oxford  after the  by-election  defeat  in  1874.

Joseph  was  the  son  of  a  celebrated  barrister  who  wrote  legal  textbooks. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Oxford. He  excelled  at  cricket  and  rowed  in  the  Boat  Race  in  1849. He  umpired  it  on  a  number  of  subsequent  occasions. He  became  a  successful  barrister.

Joseph  resigned  his  seat  in  1881  to  become  a  Chancery  judge. He  hadn't  yet  spoken  in  Parliament.

In  1897  Joseph  was  promoted  to  the  Court  of  Appeal.

H  died  in  1899  aged  70.