Baron Birkett
Baron Birkett , of Ulverston in the County Palatine of Lancaster , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on January 31, 1958 for the prominent lawyer and judge Sir Norman Birkett . He was one of the British judges at the International Military Tribunal in the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals . Later he was Lord Justice of Appeal .
List of Barons Birkett (1958)
- Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett (1883–1962)
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett (1929–2015)
- Thomas Birkett, 3rd Baron Birkett (* 1982)
There is currently no title inheritance.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The London Gazette : No. 41299, p. 690 , January 31, 1958.
Web links
- Birkett, Baron (UK, 1958) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Birkett's entry at Leigh Rayment's Peerage