Barrister records

[chrisclare]

How does one start to find Barrister records for London 1850īs?
I have a gt gt grandfather who according to his marriage cert and subsequently the birth cert of his son (my gt grandfather), was a "Barrister in practice".
Iīm not sure if this means that he was practising to BE a Barrister or that he was practising AS a Barrister??
Any advice most welcome!
Chris.

[Kazza]

Hi,

practise - verb - Engage in a rehersal
practice - noun - A customary way of operation or behavior

Therefore I would say he was a trained or qualified Barrister.

I would have to investigate further to find those particular records,  but in my experience with solicitors records in Devon and Glos., they seem to be handed on to local records offices.

Kazza.

[chrisclare]

Thanks K. I have tried local record sources but drawn a blank.
I think (vague memories of social history classes!)the answer may be the Law Lists or the inner temple but canīt find out how I can access the records (if indeed there are any) from abroad.
Chris. (in a very wet Barcelona)

On another note, I would be pleased to offer a free translation service to any forum members who might have Spanish/Catalan/French ancestors or need assistance searching the Spanish records system.

[RootsChat]

Dear Chris,

The Inner Temple is indeed a possible start. Here are some links which may be worth you have a look at.

http://www.rootschat.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=47;action=display;threadid=387&start=0

RootsChat

[behindthefrogs]

All English Barristers will have been a member of one of the four Inns:-

Gray's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
Inner Temple
Middle Temple

The overall body is the Law Society.  there seems to be little information available about historic members and i suspect each Inn will have to be approached separately.

[jorose]

www.historicaldirectories.org might be a start.  What was his name, I can check The Times for you.