Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed
The Right Honourable The Lord Evershed PC | |
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Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
In office 19 April 1962 – 10 January 1965 | |
Preceded by | The Viscount Simonds |
Succeeded by | The Lord Pearson |
Master of the Rolls | |
In office 1 June 1949 – 19 April 1962 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Greene |
Succeeded by | The Lord Denning |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Raymond Evershed 8 August 1899 Stapenhill, Burton upon Trent |
Died | 3 October 1966 (aged 67) St Andrews Hospital, Northampton |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Cecily Elizabeth Joan Bennett |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Profession | Barrister, Judge |
Francis Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed, PC (8 August 1899 – 3 October 1966) was a British judge who served as Master of the Rolls, and subsequently became a Law Lord.[1]
Background and education
Evershed was the son of Frank Evershed, a brewer and sportsman, and his wife Florence Helen, daughter of Thomas Lowe. He was educated at Clifton College[2] and Balliol College, Oxford. During the First World War he was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. In January 1923, he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn.[3] He then practiced at the Chancery bar.
Legal and judicial career
Evershed was made a K.C. in 1933 and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1938. He became a High Court Judge in 1944 when he was knighted, and Lord Justice of Appeal in 1947, when he was also made a Privy Counsellor. Between 1949 and 1962, he was Master of the Rolls and served as the U.K. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 1950.[3]
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Evershed, of Stapenhill in the County of Derby, on 20 January 1956.[4] In 1962, he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, and was succeeded as Master of the Rolls by Lord Denning. He retired in 1965.
Personal life
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Lord Evershed married Cecily Elizabeth Joan, daughter of Sir Charles Alan Bennett, in 1928. The title became extinct on his death in October 1966, aged 67.[3]
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References
- ^ ODNB article by Nicholls of Birkenhead, Evershed, (Francis) Raymond, Baron Evershed (1899–1966), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, Retrieved 27 March 2008.
- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 7582: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ^ a b c Francis Raymond Evershed, 1st and last Baron Evershed
- ^ "No. 40689". The London Gazette. 20 January 1956. p. 419.
- ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ec49 Evershed". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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Preceded by | Master of the Rolls 1949–1962 | Succeeded by |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Evershed 1956–1966 | Extinct |
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