Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle

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Charles Eliot Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle PC QC (born May 8, 1925 in Edinburgh ; † July 18, 2007 in Comrie , Scotland ) 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

Lawyer and military service in World War II

Jauncey, whose father John Henry Jauncey Captain of the Royal Navy and his maternal grandfather Sir Charles Dundas was Admiral of the Royal Navy, came after the visit of Radley College in 1943 his military service in the Navy Reserve ( Royal Naval Reserve ) and took place during the Second World War between Used in Egypt and India in 1943 and 1946 . Most recently he was promoted to sub-lieutenant before he fell ill with poliomyelitis in Ceylon and retired from active military service.

Jauncey then began studying law at Christ Church at the University of Oxford , where he initially earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA Jurisprudence) in 1947 . A subsequent further study of law at the University of Glasgow , he graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). After his admission to the Scottish Bar Association ( Faculty of Advocates ), he took up a position as a barrister in 1949 and specialized in civil law and in particular in inheritance, trust and real estate law.

In 1953 Jauncey moved into the government service as legal advisor to the Department of Public Works in Scotland before he became permanent legal advisor to the Admiralty in 1954 . In 1959 he assisted Ian Fraser in the infamous divorce proceedings of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll against her husband Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll . The proceedings, in which, among other things, photos of the duchess's love affair with her husband were published, led to a public discussion of the duty of confidentiality . For his lawyer's merits he was appointed in 1963 Attorney-General ( Queen's Counsel appointed) Scotland.

Judge, House of Lords and Lord Judge

In addition to his legal practice, he took a part-time from 1971 to 1974 the post of presiding judge at the Sheriff Court ( Sheriff's Court ) of Fife and Kinross-shire . He also served from 1972 to 1972 as a judge on the appellate of Jersey and Guernsey .

In 1979 Jauncey became Lord Jauncey Judge at the Highest Civil Court of Scotland, the Court of Session , and was at the same time Senator of the College of Justice , which consists of the three highest courts of Scotland.

Last Jauncey was a Letters Patent from January 12, 1988 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle , the House of Lords, of Comrie in the District of Perth and Kinross to a member of the nobility called and worked until his retirement on September 30, 1996 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). At the same time, he was appointed Privy Councilor in 1988 .

Between 2001 and 2002, Baron Jauncey chairman of a commission to investigate the causes of the crash of a was Chinook type HC.2 - transport helicopter near the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994 four crew members and 25 passengers arrived at the killed.

He has also been a member of the Royal Company of Archers since 1951 and a member of the Historic Buildings Council of Scotland from 1972 to 1992.

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personal data
SURNAME Jauncey, Charles, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jauncey, Charles Eliot, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 2007
Place of death Comrie , Scotland