Anthony Babington (politician)
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The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Babington PC, QC |
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| Attorney General for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 5 November 1925 – 3 December 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Best |
| Succeeded by | Edward Murphy |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast Cromac |
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In office 1929–1937 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Maynard Sinclair |
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Member of Parliament for South Belfast |
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In office 1925–1929 |
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| Preceded by | Philip James Woods |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Anthony Brutus Babington 24 November 1877 |
| Died | 10 April 1972 (aged 94) |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Religion | Church of Ireland |
Sir Anthony Brutus Babington PC(NI) QC (24 November 1877 – 10 April 1972) was an Anglo-Irish barrister, judge and politician.
Born in 1877 to Hume Babington JP, the son of Rev. Hume Babington and a landowner in County Londonderry who inherited the family estate Creevagh House, and Hester Watt (sister of Andrew Alexander Watt). He was educated at Glenalmond School, Perthshire and Trinity College, Dublin.
Babington was born into the Anglo-Irish Babington family that had resettled in Ireland after the execution of Anthony Babington for his participation in the Babington Plot. Notable relations include Anthony Babington, William Babington, Benjamin Guy Babington, James Melville Babington, Zachary Babington, the Couper Baronets and the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
Babington was called to the Irish Bar in 1900 and took silk in 1918. In 1925, he was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland as Unionist member for South Belfast, and then for Belfast, Cromac in 1929 until he resigned upon appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1937. He was a proponent of renaming Northern Ireland as "Ulster".
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