Caesar Litton Falkiner

Who was Caesar Litton Falkiner?

Caesar Litton Falkiner was an Irish Unionist Party politician, barrister and a writer on literary and historical topics.

Falkiner was the second son of Sir Frederick Falkiner, who was subsequently the Recorder of Dublin He studied at the University of Dublin - where he was the President of the University Philosophical Society - and at the King's Inns, Dublin

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the South Armagh constituency at the United Kingdom general election, 1892.

He appointed Assistant Legal Commissioner in the Irish Land Commission in 1897 and continued in that post until his death. He was also Secretary of the Council of the Royal Irish Academy.

At the time of his death, Falkiner was preparing an edition of the letters of Jonathan Swift, a task which was taken up and completed by F Elrington Ball. It appears that the edition of Thomas Moore's poetry which he was reportedly preparing for the Clarendon Press was never completed.

He was killed in an accident on August 5, 1908 while on a mountain-climbing holiday in the Alps.