Author: Henry Kirke
Author: Henry Kirke (1843–1925)
Biography: Henry Kirke was born in 1842 in Heaton. He attended Wadham College, Oxford (B.C.L., M.A. 1866) before being called to the bar. He joined the civil service and served as a judge in British Guiana (among other positions). In addition to his legal duties, he wrote a novel Thurston Meverell (1868) and a history of Canada. He married and had several children. He died on 9 July 1925 in Southampton.
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References: Boase; British Census (1871, 1901, 1911); Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Thurston Meverell: or, The Forest of the Peak. A Romance. 1 vol. Derby: Bemrose and Sons, 1868.