Michael Harrison (Solicitor-General)

Michael Harrison (1823–1895)[1] was an Irish lawyer and judge.

He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, second son of Robert Harrison.[2] He was educated at the University of Dublin, from which he graduated in 1846, and then at Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the bar in 1849 and became Queen's Counsel in 1863.[3]

He was a Protestant in religion and a Tory in politics. He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1867.[4] The following year he became the Irish Bankruptcy judge.[5] He became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) in 1878 and was transferred to the Court of Queen's Bench (Ireland) in 1885.[6] He married firstly Frances Letitia Davison, daughter of David Davison, who died in 1859, and secondly Sophia Stronge, daughter of Dr. James Whitelaw Stronge. He died in 1895 and was buried in Ballymena.[7]