The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . LOWEN (Charles Rus-sell), Lord, an English jurist; born on the outskirtsof Newry, County Down,Ireland, in 1S33, and diedin London, August 10,1900, at the age of sixty-seven. He came of an oldRoman Catholic and pa-triotically Irish life in theoffice of an attorney atNewry, he turned towardthe bar in 185: andmoved to London asoffering greater pos-sibilities of he supported him-self at first by reporting in the press gallery of theHouse of Commons. In 1859 he was called to thebar
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . LOWEN (Charles Rus-sell), Lord, an English jurist; born on the outskirtsof Newry, County Down,Ireland, in 1S33, and diedin London, August 10,1900, at the age of sixty-seven. He came of an oldRoman Catholic and pa-triotically Irish life in theoffice of an attorney atNewry, he turned towardthe bar in 185: andmoved to London asoffering greater pos-sibilities of he supported him-self at first by reporting in the press gallery of theHouse of Commons. In 1859 he was called to thebar at Lincolns Inn and speedily became promi-nent as an advocate. He was appointed a queenscounsel in 1S72, having established himself as oneof the leaders of the English bar. In 1880, aftertwo unsuccessful attempts, he entered Parliamentand became, in turn, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General. A man of strong political convictions,he was an earnest follower of W. E. Gladstone anda warm advocate of Home Rule. He devoted littleof his time to St. Stephens or its politics, f lord RUSSELL. RUSSELLVILLE —RUSSIAN EMPIRE ^33 somewhat sadly, that common law admitted of nobedfellow. As an advocate, his fame was more than national,and few were the great trials in which he was notretained. Some one once said of him that he wasthe only man at the bar who could speak in voice, if it had not the exquisite silvery cadenceof Lord Coleridges, was clear, persuasive and res-onant. The words were always aided by energeticaction, and by the deep, gleaming eyes of thespeaker. He could bring a special technical knowl-edge to bear upon almost any case submitted tohim. It has been well said that no one but LordRussell could have delivered that famous speechbefore the Parnell Commission of 1880. The skillwith which he could play upon the emotions of ajury made him much sought after in societyscandal suits. He was concerned as an advocatein the Colin Campbell divorce case, the
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