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John St Leger (1674–1743) : ウィキペディア英語版 | John St Leger (1674–1743) Sir John St Leger (1674-1743) was an Irish barrister, politician and judge. He belonged to a well-known titled family from County Cork. Since he was not highly regarded for his legal ability, it was thought by many of his contemporaries that he owed his professional success to his aristocratic connections. As a judge he was involved in the celebrated case of ''Sherlock v. Annesley'', which caused a major Constitutional crisis, and led briefly to his imprisonment. ==Background and early career==
He was born at Doneraile, County Cork, son of John St Leger and his second wife Aphra, daughter of Thomas Harflete. His elder half-brother was Arthur St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile. Arthur's loyalty to his younger brother was evident throughout his life: he lobbied for John's appointment to the Bench in 1714 and spoke against a motion to commit him for contempt in the Irish House of Lords in 1719. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Inner Temple in 1691, but was not called to the Bar until 1707, and even then he was notably dilatory in practicing his profession, prompting a famous jibe by Jonathan Swift that St Leger did not so much ''practice'' at the Bar as "follow it at a distance". He became attached to the English Court in a minor capacity, and was something of a favourite of King William III, who gave him a knighthood in 1701.
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