Ralph Littler

Sir Ralph Daniel Makinson Littler (2 October 1835 – 23 November 1908) was a barrister and local politician.

Born in Derbyshire, he was educated in London and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1857 and made a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1882. He "took silk" to become a Queen's Counsel in 1873 and was knighted in 1902.

He wrote a number of books on public law and became counsel to a number of railway companies and was made a Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1877.

He was chairman of the Middlesex sessions and first Chairman of the Middlesex County Council, holding both offices until he died.

He died at his Kensington home and was buried in Hampstead.