About Brent Follett
Lived 1810 – 1887 (aged 76–77). Brent Follett was a British politician and barrister.
Brent Spencer Follett QC (1810 – 23 January 1887) His older brother was William Webb Follett (1796-1845), MP and Solicitor General.
He became a Queen's Counsel on 11 July 1851 and a bencher four months later on 3 November 1851. With the Land Registry Act 1862, Follett became the first Chief Land Registrar of the new created HM Land Registry, a post he held until his death in 1887.
On 14 October 1848 at Stockport, he married Caroline Amelia Skirrow, youngest daughter of Walter Skirrow. They had two sons, John Skirrow Follett and William Webb Spencer Follett who would both become barristers.
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Who was Brent Follett?
British politician; (1809-1887)
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Brent Follett was born in 1810.
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Brent Follett died on 23 January 1887.
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Brent Follett was a politician and barrister.
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