Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen
Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen QC (born August 8, 1926 in London - † May 28, 2016 ) was a British lawyer who was a member of the House of Lords from 1997 to 2016 .
Life
Military service, studies and lawyer
Neill began in 1944 during the Second World War, his military service in the Rifle Brigade and started after the end of his term in 1947 to study law at the All Souls College of the University of Oxford .
After graduation, he received his legal approval to the 1951 Bar of Gray's Inn and was then as a lawyer working. Due to his services as a lawyer, he was awarded the title of Crown Attorney in 1966 and he was also a member of the Bar Council between 1967 and 1971.
Neill, who was Bencher of the Bar Association of Gray's Inn in 1971 , was between 1972 and 1974 first vice-overseer (sub-warden) of All Souls College and then until 1975 chairman of the bar council . At the same time he was from 1974 to 1975 chairman of the senate of the four bar associations united in the Inns of Court .
Judge and House of Lords
1977 he was appointed a judge of the the Channel Islands Jersey and Guernsey competent Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) . He was a judge until 1994. During this time he was also from 1977 to 1995 Warden of All Souls College and from 1978 to 1983 chairman of the press council. He also served as first chairman of the Securities Industry Council from 1978 to 1985, and from 1978 to 1987 as a member of the Administrative Law Review Board of All Souls College.
Neill, who was promoted to a Knight Bachelor in 1983 , was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1985 to 1989 and in that capacity from 1987 to 1990 Vice-Chair of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Rectors of the Universities of the United Kingdom. During this time he was also chairman of the commission set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to investigate the regulations of the insurer Lloyd’s of London from 1986 to 1987 and in 1989 he was vice treasurer of the Gray's Inn Bar Association, of which he was treasurer until 1990.
Due to his decades of service as a lawyer, judge and attorney functionary, he was raised to a life peer by a letters patent dated November 28, 1997 as Baron Neill of Bladen , of Briantspuddle in the County of Dorset . January 13, 1998. His was followed by introduction as a member of the House of Lords . On May 18, 2016 - ten days before his death - Neill of Bladen resigned from the House of Lords for absenteeism for a period of more than six months under the provisions of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014.
Lord Neill, who since 1997 Warden ( Visitor ) of the University of Buckingham was, was also from 1997 to 2001 chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (Committee on Standards in Public Life) , an independent advisory body to the UK government.
His son-in-law is Sir Christopher Geidt , who has been Queen Elizabeth II's private secretary since 2007 .
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on July 29, 2012)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed July 29, 2012)
- Biography in Debrett’s (accessed on July 29, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord Neill of Bladen - obituary
- ↑ Introduction of Lord Neill (Hansard, January 13, 1998)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neill, Patrick, Baron Neill of Bladen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neill of Bladen, Francis Patrick Neill, Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2016 |