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ORD HERSCHELL, whose great abilities gained for him the unique honour of being a Q.C. at thirty-five and Lord Chancellor at forty-eight, is the son of the late Rev. Ridley Herschell, and was educated at Bonn and at University College, London. After a most brilliant career at the bar, Lord Herschell, then Mr. Farrer Herschell, was elected for Durham, was Solicitor-General from 1880 to 1885, and in 1886 was raised to the Woolsack, and created Baron Herschell. He is an ardent supporter of Mr. Gladstone.