Commissioner Kerr an I ndividuality, the writer seeks to convey, in the fewest possible words, the impression of the late Commissioner sstrong personal characteristics, of which those cited in the five words on the title-page were the most dominant. He was above all things Vir Justus et propositi tenax. This Memorial is an attempt to place before the world the chief incidents and turning-points in the career of a man whose obiter dicta were, for nearly half-a-century, household words throughout the country; and will, it is hoped, lead to a juster and more generous appreciation of his life and work as a whole than he obtained when living. The writer has, in the preparation of the work, been indebted for much valuable aid, to the Town Clerk of London, to the officials of the City of London Court, to Mr. A. E. Nelson, a well-known member of the Bar who practised there largely in A dmiralty, to Mr. George Kebbell, a solicitor, and a friend of the late Commissioner, to the Rev. Vincent Borradaile, of St.
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