sentences:  He became a Queens Counsel in 1885 and became Recorder of Poole.He was a prodigious author of legal reference works including "A Complete County Court Practice".Pitt-Lewis was elected Member of Parliament for the Barnstaple division of Devon at the 1885 general election, representing initially the Liberal Party, and being re-elected as a Liberal Unionist in 1886 following the split over Home Rule for Ireland.