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unusual facts about Lord Chief Justice



Alderley, Gloucestershire

Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice in the reign of Charles II., born here November 1st, 1609, lies interred in the church.

Anthony Hawke

Hawke sat with Lord Chief Justice Hewart and Mr Justice Branson in the Court of Criminal Appeal on 18 and 19 May 1931 to hear an appeal against a conviction for murder in R. v. Wallace.

George Mosse

Critics pointed out that he had made Lord Chief Justice George Coke, the chief character of his book The Struggle for Sovereignty in England (1950), into a liberal long before liberalism had come into existence.

Judicature Acts

However, after the deaths of Lord Chief Baron Kelly (on 17 September 1880), and Lord Chief Justice Cockburn (on 10 November 1880), the Common Pleas and Exchequer divisions were consolidated (by an Order in Council of 10 December 1880) with the King's Bench division into a single division, under the presidency of the Lord Chief Justice of England, to whom, by the Judicature Act 1881 s.

Killing of David Wilkie

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Lane, explained that the crime would be murder if the death was a "natural consequence" of the miners' actions, but the legal phrase "natural consequence" was potentially misleading without further explanation.

Marquess Camden

The Pratt family descends from Sir John Pratt, Lord Chief Justice from 1718 to 1725.

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

With Lord Chief Justice Robert Lowry appointed to chair the new body, elections were announced for 1 May 1975.

Obscene Publications Act 1857

The spur for the Act arose from a trial for the sale of pornography presided over by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Campbell, at the same time as a debate in the House of Lords over a bill aiming to restrict the sale of poisons.

Owen Suffolk

In August 1868 Owen Suffolk, 'a journalist', appeared before Lord Chief Justice Sir Alexander Cockburn at Ipswich charged with stealing a black mare and carriage belonging to the landlady of the Great White Horse Hotel and obtaining ten pounds by false pretences.

Palgrave Academy

Pupils who later distinguished themselves include Lord Chief Justice Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, scholar and translator William Taylor, Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, and archaeologist Sir William Gell.

R v Registrar General ex parte Segerdal

The case was heard by a panel of three judges: Lord Parker, the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ashworth and Mr. Justice Cantley.

Vice-President of the Criminal Division

The post was created by Lord Bingham of Cornhill during his tenure as Lord Chief Justice.


see also

Baron Parker of Waddington

Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington (1900–1972), Lord Chief Justice of England and life peer, son of Robert Parker

Baron Russell of Killowen

Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen (1832–1900), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and father of Frank Russell

Brian Kerr

Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore (born 1948), British Law Lord and former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

Caistor Grammar School

The original trustees were Sir Edward Asycough of South Kelsey, Sir William Pelham of Brocklesby and Sir Christopher Wray Baron of Glentworth (Lord Chief Justice of England), and Johnathon Beltwick.

George Garth

He was son of John Garth MP and Rebecca, the daughter of John Brompton and granddaughter of Sir Richard Raynsford, Lord chief justice of the Kings bench.

Henry Hobart

Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet (died 1625), English Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

James Ley

James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1552–1629), Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland and then in England; English Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer

Levinge baronets

It was created on 26 October 1704 for Richard Levinge, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Lord Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas.

Lord Mayor's Day

The new office holder being ' presented ' to the Lord Chief Justice and the other senior judges (originally the Barons of the Exchequer, now represented by the Queen's Remembrancer).

Lord Parker

Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington (1900 – 1972), Lord Chief Justice and life peer, son of Robert Parker

Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (1666 – 1732), Whig politician, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor

Ramon Tikaram

Tikaram is the great-nephew of Sir Moti Tikaram who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest serving national ombudsman.

Robert Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell

Lord-chief-justice Cockburn and Chief-justice Bovill protected against it as contrary to the spirit of the act, and on 15 February 1872, Lord Stanhope made a motion in the House of Lords condemning it, which was lost only by two votes.

Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry (1919–1999), Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

Widgery

John Widgery, Baron Widgery, OBE, TD, QC, PC (1911–1981), English judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (1971–1980)

William Davys

Sir John Povey, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, died in 1679, and his successor Sir Robert Booth a year later.