Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen
Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen , PC (born January 12, 1908 , † June 23, 1986 ) was a British lawyer and a member of the House of Lords as Lord Judge .
Life
Russell was born the only son of Frank Russell and his wife Mary Emily Ritchie. His paternal grandfather was Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen , who was also Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales , while his maternal grandfather was the politician Charles Thomson Ritchie .
In 1962 Russell was appointed Privy Counciler and that same year a judge on the Court of Appeal , a position he held until 1975. On September 30, 1975 he was called to the House of Lords as Baron Russell of Killowen, of Killowen in the County Down . Russell was a good friend of Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce .
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, on thepeerage.com , accessed December 17, 2012.
Web links
- Russell's picture at the National Portrait Gallery
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
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| SURNAME | Russell, Charles Ritchie, Baron Russell of Killowen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russell, Charles Ritchie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jurist, lord judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1986 |