986 Andrew Porter

Constituency : Londonderry  1881-4

Andrew  took  over  from  Hugh  Law  when  the  latter  was  elevated  to  Lord  Chancellor  of  Ireland.

Andrew  was  a  vicar's  son  from  Belfast. He  was  educated  at  Royal  Belfast  Academical  Institution   and  Queen's  University  Belfast. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  a  Presbyterian.

Andrew  immediately  took  over  as  Solicitor  General  for  Ireland  and  Attorney-General  for  Ireland  a  year  later.  He  declined  Gladstone's  offer  of  the  Secretaryship  in  1882.He  had  to  arrange  the Phoenix  Park  murder  trials. In  1883  he  became  Master  of  the  Rolls  in  Ireland  and  resigned  his  seat  shortly  afterwards.

Andrew  was  made  a  baronet  in  1903  and  retired  in  1906.

He  died  in  1919  aged  81.