17 Facts About Edward Kenealy

Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy was an Irish barrister and writer.

Edward Kenealy is best remembered as counsel for the Tichborne claimant and the eccentric and disturbed conduct of the trial that led to his ruin.

Edward Kenealy was born on Nile Street, Cork, the son of a local merchant.

Edward Kenealy was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1840 and to the English Bar in 1847.

Edward Kenealy practised on the Oxford circuit and in the Central Criminal Court and his most famous cases included:.

Edward Kenealy married Elizabeth Nicklin of Tipton, Staffordshire in 1851 and they had eleven children, including novelist Arabella Kenealy.

The Edward Kenealy family lived in Portslade, East Sussex, from 1852 until 1874.

Edward Kenealy commuted to London and Oxford for his law practice but returned at weekends and other times to be with his family.

Edward Kenealy published a large amount of poetry in journals such as Fraser's Magazine.

Edward Kenealy published translations from Latin, Greek, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Irish, Persian, Arabic, Hindustani and Bengali.

In 1866, Edward Kenealy wrote The Book of God: the Apocalypse of Adam-Oannes, an unorthodox theological work in which he claimed that he was the "twelfth messenger of God", descended from Jesus Christ and Genghis Khan.

Edward Kenealy published a more conventional biography of Edward Wortley Montagu in 1869.

Edward Kenealy started a newspaper, The Englishman, to plead his cause, and to attack the judges.

Edward Kenealy's behaviour was so extreme that in 1874 he was disbenched and disbarred by his Inn.

Edward Kenealy formed the Magna Charta Association and went on a nationwide tour to protest his cause.

On 16 April 1880, Edward Kenealy died in London, before the close of polling, aged 60.

Edward Kenealy is buried in the churchyard of St Helen's Church, Hangleton, East Sussex.