Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene

Wilfrid Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene , MC OBE KC PC (* 16th July 1883 ; † 16th April 1952 ) was a British lawyer , who as Erb-peer ( Hereditary peer ) and most recently as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and Member of the House of Lords . Between 1937 and 1949 he held one of the most outstanding judicial offices in Great Britain as a Master of the Rolls .

Life

Attorney and Lord Justice of Appeal

After visiting the Westminster College London graduated Greene studying law at Christ Church of University of Oxford . After completing his studies, he was admitted to the bar in 1908 ( Inns of Court of Inner Temple ). He then worked as a barrister before doing his legal work during the First World War his military service with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry , where he was promoted to captain of the 2nd Battalion . For his military services he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 and the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 .

After he subsequently worked as a lawyer again, Greene, who was Crown Attorney ( King's Counsel ) in 1922 , was appointed Judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales. Associated with this was his appointment as Privy Councilor as well as the appointment to the knighthood as a Knight Bachelor and thus the appointment as "Sir".

In 1939 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Master of the Rolls, Member of the House of Lords and Lord Judge

On April 27, 1937, Greene succeeded Robert Wright, Baron Wright as Master of the Rolls, and thus chairman of the civil panel of the Court of Appeal. He held this important judicial function for twelve years until he was replaced by Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed in 1949.

During this time he was appointed by a letters patent from July 16, 1941 as Baron Greene , of Holmbury St Mary in the County of Surrey, in the hereditary nobility ( Hereditary Peerage ) and was thus a member of the House of Lords.

After finishing his activity as Master of the Rolls, Baron Greene became Lord Judge on June 1, 1949 ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ) and held this office for almost a year until he retired on May 6, 1950.

After his death, the title of Baron Greene expired because he died without male descendants.

Web links

• Wilfred Greene at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages