Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (dt. Lord Chief Justice ) was up to the British constitutional reform in 2005 as presiding judge of both the Criminal Division at the Court of Appeal and the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court 's second most senior judge of the Courts of England and Wales by the Lord Chancellor . Since the reform in 2005, the Lord Chief Justice has held the highest judicial position.
Originally, the three common law courts , the Court of Common Pleas , the Court of the King's Bench and Queen's Bench and the Court of the Exchequer each had their own Chief Justice. That of the Exchequer Court was the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer , that of the Common Pleas was named Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; only the chairman of the King's Bench or Queen's Bench was simply called Lord Chief Justice . The courts were merged in 1875, however, leaving only one Chief Justice.
There is also a Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland . The Scottish equivalent of the Lord Chief Justice is the Lord President of the Court of Session , which in personal union also the post of Justice General Lord at the High Court of Justiciary occupied.
Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon is currently Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
Lords Chief Justice, King's (Queen's) Bench, until 1875
- William Raleigh (1234-1239)
- Sir Stephen of Seagrave (1239-1241)
- William of York (1241-1247)
- Henry of Bath (1249-1251)
- Sir Gilbert of Seagrave (1251-1253)
- Henry of Bath (1253-1260)
- Sir William of Wilton (1261-1263)
- Nicholas de Turri (1265-1267)
- Robert de Briwes (1268-1274)
- Ralph de Hengham (1274-1290)
- Gilbert de Thornton (1290-1296)
- Roger Le Brabazon (1296-1316)
- William Inge (1316-1317)
- Henry Le Scrope (1317-1323)
- Hervey de Staunton (1323-1324)
- Geoffrey Le Scrope (1324-1329)
- Robert de Malberthorp (1329-1329)
- Henry Le Scrope (1329-1330)
- Geoffrey Le Scrope (1330-1332)
- Richard de Wyllughby (1332-1332)
- Geoffrey le Scrope (1332-1333)
- Richard de Wyllughby (1333-1337)
- Geoffrey le Scrope (1337-1338)
- Richard de Wyllughby (1338-1340)
- Sir Robert Parning (1340-1341)
- Sir William Scot (1341-1346)
- Sir William de Thorpe (1346-1350)
- Sir William de Shareshull (1350-1357)
- Sir Thomas de Seton (1357-1361)
- Sir Henry Greene (lawyer) (1361-1365)
- Sir John Knivet (1365-1372)
- John de Cavendish (1372-1381) (murdered during the Peasants' Revolt )
- Sir Robert Tresylian (1381-1388)
- Sir Walter de Cloptone (1388-1400)
- Sir William Gascoigne (1400-1413)
- Sir William Hankford (1413-1424)
- Sir William Cheyne (1424-1439)
- Sir John Ivyn (1439-1440)
- Sir John Hody (1440-1442)
- Sir John Fortescue (1442-1461)
- Sir John Markham (1461-1469)
- Sir Thomas Billing (1469-1481)
- Sir William Huse (1481-1495)
- Sir John Fineux (1495-1526)
- Sir John Fitz-James (1526-1539)
- Sir Edward Montague (1539-1545)
- Sir Richard Lyster (1545-1552)
- Sir Roger Cholmeley (1552-1553)
- Sir Thomas Bromley (1553-1555)
- Sir William Portman (1555–1557)
- Sir Edward Saunders (1557-1559)
- Sir Robert Catlyn (1559–1574)
- Sir Christopher Wray (1574–1592)
- Sir John Popham (1592-1607)
- Sir Thomas Fleming (1607-1613)
- Sir Edward Coke (1613-1616)
- Sir Henry Montagu (1616-1621)
- Sir James Ley, 1st Baronet (1621-1625)
- Sir Ranulph Crewe (1625-1627)
- Sir Nicholas Hyde (1627-1631)
- Sir Thomas Richardson (1631-1635)
- Sir John Bramston (1635-1642)
- Sir Robert Heath (1642-1645)
- Henry Rolle (1648–1655)
- John Glyn (1655-1660)
- Sir Richard Newdigate (1660-1660)
- Sir Robert Foster (lawyer) (1660–1663)
- Sir Robert Hyde (1663-1665)
- Sir John Kelynge (1665–1671)
- Sir Matthew Hale (1671–1676)
- Sir Richard Raynsford (1676-1678)
- Sir William Scroggs (1678-1681)
- Sir Fraser Pemberton (1681-1683)
- George Jeffreys (1683-1685)
- Sir Edward Herbert (judge) (1685-1687)
- Sir Robert Wright (1687-1689)
- Sir John Holt (lawyer) (1689-1710)
- Thomas Parker, 1st Baron Parker (1710-1718)
- Sir John Pratt (lawyer) (1718-1725)
- Sir Robert Raymond (1725-1733)
- Philip Yorke, 1st Baron Hardwicke (1733–1737)
- Sir William Lee (1737-1754)
- Sir Dudley Ryder (1754-1756)
- William Murray (1756–1788) ( Earl of Mansfield from 1776)
- Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (1788–1802)
- Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1802-1818)
- Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden (1818–1832)
- Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1832–1850)
- John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1850-1859)
- Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1859–1875)
Lords Chief Justice of England (later England and Wales), 1875 to present
- Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet (1875–1880, died in office)
- John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1880–1894, died in office)
- Charles Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Killowen (1894–1900, died in office)
- Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone (1900–1913)
- Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading (1913-1921)
- Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin (1921–1922)
- Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart (1922–1940)
- Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote (1940–1946)
- Raynor Goddard, Baron Goddard (1946-1958)
- Hubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington (1958–1971)
- John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery (1971–1980)
- Geoffrey Dawson Lane, Baron Lane (1980-1992)
- Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth (1992–1996)
- Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (1996-2000)
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf (2000-2005)
- Nicholas Addison Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (2005-2008)
- Igor Judge, Baron Judge (2008-2013)
- John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd (2013-2017)
- Ian Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon (2017 – present)
Literature and web links
- Lord Chief Justice . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition, London 1910-1911, Volume 17, p. 2.
- Lord Chief Justice at judiciary.uk