John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest

John William Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest CH PC MC KC (born September 11, 1896 in Liverpool - † June 9, 1979 ) was a British lawyer who last served as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on the basis of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Morris began his military service with the Royal Welch Fusiliers at the beginning of World War I in 1914 and was finally promoted to captain . For his military services he was awarded the Military Cross and began after the war to study law at Harvard University and the Trinity Hall of the University of Cambridge . There he was president of the Cambridge Union Society in 1919 and was admitted to the bar ( Inns of Court ) of Inner Temple in 1921 . He then began working as a barrister and was for his lawyer's services for 1925 Attorney ( King's Counsel appointed).

1938 as by then the youngest lawyer appeal judges ( Judge of Appeal ) today High Court of the Isle of Man ( Isle of Man High Court ) and held this position until 1947. In 1951 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) 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 .

Most recently, through a letters patent dated January 7, 1960, under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, Morris became a member of the House of as a Life Peer entitled Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest , of Borth-y-Gest in the County of Caernarvonshire Lords appointed to the nobility and worked until his retirement on January 10, 1975 as Lord Judge ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ). In 1975 Baron Morris was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honor , which had only 65 members .

Web links

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