Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson

Francis Lord Charlton "Charles" Hodson, Baron Hodson PC KC (born September 17, 1895 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , † March 11, 1984 ) was a British lawyer who was last named Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on the basis of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

After attending Cheltenham College at the beginning of World War I, Hodson began his military service in the 7th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1914 and was finally promoted to captain . He was awarded the Military Cross for his military services and began studying law after the end of the war . He received his legal license in 1921 and then took up a job as a barrister . In 1937 he was appointed Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) for his legal services and in 1938 as a Knight Bachelor beaten, so that from now on he had the suffix "Sir".

In 1949 he became a judge at the International Court of Arbitration, which was part of the International Chamber of Commerce and was a member until 1971. In addition, Hodson, who was temporarily also president of the British section of the International Law Association , was judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) in 1951 at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1960. He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1951 .

Last Hodson was a Letters Patent from October 1, 1960 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Hodson , of Rotherfield Grays in the County of Oxfordshire, the member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until retired on April 8, 1971 as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary .

Web links

• Francis Hodson at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages