Francis Jeune, 1st Baron St Helier
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The Right Honourable The Lord St Helier GCB PC QC |
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Lord St Helier.
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| President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division | |
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In office June 1892 – January 1905 |
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| Monarch |
Queen Victoria Edward VII |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Parker Butt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gorell Barnes |
| Judge Advocate General | |
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In office 31 December 1892 – 1905 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery |
| Preceded by | William Thackeray Marriott |
| Succeeded by | - |
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| Born | 17 March 1843 |
| Died | 9 April 1905 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) |
Susan Stuart-Mackenzie (d. 1931) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Francis Henry Jeune, 1st Baron St Helier GCB PC QC (17 March 1843 – 9 April 1905), known as Sir Francis Jeune (1891–1905), was a British judge. He was President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice (1892–1905) and Judge Advocate General (1892–1905).
Jeune was the son of The Right Reverend Francis Jeune, Bishop of Peterborough, and Margaret, daughter of Henry Symons. Educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford, he was President of the Oxford Union in 1864. In 1868, he was called to the Bar, Inner Temple.
In 1888, Jeune became a Queen's Counsel. In 1891, he was appointed as a Judge in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court and knighted. In June 1892, he became President of the Division in succession to Sir Charles Parker Butt and sworn of the Privy Council. In December of that year, he was also appointed Judge Advocate General by Liberal Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. He continued as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division until January 1905 when, beset by ill health, he resigned. In 1897, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). Five years later he was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross of the order (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902. In February 1905, he was granted an annuity of £3,500 and raised to the peerage as Baron St Helier of St Helier in the Island of Jersey and of Arlington Manor in the County of Berkshire.
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