Anthony Babington

Who was Anthony Babington?

Sir Anthony Brutus Babington PC KC was an Irish barrister, judge and politician.

He was educated at Glenalmond School, Perthshire and Trinity College, Dublin. He 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 served as Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 1925–1937, and was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland in 1926, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable". He retired from the judiciary in 1949.

From 1926 to 1952, Sir Anthony was a member of the board of governors of the Belfast Royal Academy. He served as warden of the board from 1941-43. Through his efforts the school acquired the Castle Grounds from Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury in 1934.