John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott

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John Clarke MacDermott, Baron MacDermott , MC , PC ( April 12, 1896 - July 13, 1979 ) was a British lawyer and politician who was also a member of the House as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer of Lords , and most recently from 1951 to 1971 Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ( Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland was).

Life

MacDermott, son of a clergyman, did military service after attending Campbell College in Belfast during World War I and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery in combat missions in Belgium , France and Germany in 1918 and was promoted to lieutenant in the machine gun corps. He then completed a law degree at Queen's University Belfast and was admitted as a lawyer to the Northern Irish Bar Association ( King's Inns ) in 1921 . He then began working as a barrister and was for his lawyer's services in Northern Ireland in 1936 to Attorney General ( King's Counsel appointed). During this time he also became a member of the Board of Directors of Campbell College in Belfast in 1934.

In the late 1930s, MacDermott also embarked on a political career and was elected a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1938 , where he represented Queen’s University constituency until 1944 . During this time he was briefly chairman of the parliamentary committee for transport in 1939 and then minister for public security from 1940 to 1941. As such, he also became a member of the Privy Council Northern Ireland in 1940 and was then between 1941 and 1944 Attorney General of Northern Ireland.

Then MacDermott, who in 1942 was also a so-called "Bencher" of the Bar Association of King's Inns, served between 1944 and 1947 as a judge at the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland. During this time he was also chairman of the Northern Ireland Arbitration Tribunal from 1944 to 1946 and a member of the Senate of Queen's University Belfast between 1945 and 1947 .

By letters patent dated April 23, 1947, MacDermott, who became both Privy Councilor and Honorary Bencher of the Gray's Inn Bar in 1947, became a life peer entitled Baron MacDermott , of Belmont in the City of under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 Belfast, appointed to the nobility as a member of the House of Lords and served as Lord Justice until 1951 ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ).

Then Lord MacDermott succeeded James Andrews Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ( Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ) in 1951 and held this judge's office for twenty years until he was replaced by Robert Lowry in 1971. At the same time, he also became Pro-Chancellor and again a member of the Senate of Queen's University in 1951 Belfast.

His son John Clarke MacDermott was also Barrister and in 1987 Judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal ( Court of Appeal ) of Northern Ireland.

Publications

  • Law and practice in Northern Ireland , 1953
  • Protection from power under English law , 1957
  • Murder in 1963 , 1963
  • The interrogation of suspects in custody , 1968
  • The decline of the rule of law , 1973
  • An enriching life , 1979

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personal data
SURNAME MacDermott, John, Baron MacDermott
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacDermott, John Clarke, Baron MacDermott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer and Northern Irish politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1896
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1979