Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of India
Called to the Irish bar as a member of the King's Inns in Dublin
1864
Called to the bar at the sitting of the Court of Chancery, new barrister, John Edge, A.B., L.L.B., T.C.D., only son of Benjamin Booker Edge of Clonbrook House, Queens County, J.P.
Nov 1864
Admitted to the English bar by the Middle Temple.
1866
Commenced practice in the north of England.
1886
Appointed Queen's Counsel
1886
Chief Justice of the high court of the North-Western Provinces, British India replacing William Comer Petheram
Between 1886 and 1898
Served as the first vice-chancellor of the University of Allahabad
Between 1887 and 1893
Headed the famine relief committee set up in response to the 1896 famine in India.
1896
Judicial member of the Council of India
Between Jan 1899 and 1908
Served on a Royal Commission that investigated the Boer War.
1902
Privy counsellor
Jan 1909
Treasurer of the Middle Temple. London
1919