John Rigby (politician)
Sir John Rigby, PC (8 January 1834 – 26 July 1903), was a British judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1894.
[3] He distinguished himself as an advocate, and was frequently involved in bringing appeals to the judicial committee of the House of Lords.
[4] In 1892 Rigby returned to parliament, when he was among a number of Liberals who gained seats from the government parties in Scotland.
[3] On 19 October 1894 he vacated his Commons seat when he was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal, in succession to Sir Horace Davey.
[7] A few years before his retirement, Rigby had suffered a severe fall, and never fully recovered his health.
As caricatured in Vanity Fair , 31 August 1893
As caricatured by Spy ( Leslie Ward ) in Vanity Fair , March 1901
