Charles Henry Bellenden Ker

[2] Ker was called to the bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn on 28 June 1814,[3] and obtained a large practice as a conveyancer.

Active in promoting parliamentary reform from 1830 to 1832, he was a member of the boundary commission, and contested Norwich unsuccessfully in the Whig interest.

[4] In 1845, with Hayes and Christie, Ker drew up for Lord-chancellor Lyndhurst a short Bill; it passed into an Act (8 & 9 Vict c 106) amending the law of real property.

In 1854, when that board was replaced in 1854, Ker was appointed to the Royal Commission for Consolidating the Statute Law as a leading member.

He was an original member of the Arundel Society, was interested in the foundation of schools of design, and helped to promote the establishment of the Department of Science and Art.

[1] Ker was one of the first private growers of orchids, and he wrote a series of articles under the pseudonym "Dodman" in the Gardeners' Chronicle.

He was in early life a fellow of the Royal Society, but resigned his fellowship when in 1830 the Duke of Sussex was chosen president.