Eldon Law Scholarship
The Eldon Law Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to students from the University of Oxford who wish to study for the English Bar. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or MJur.[1] It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at 8,000 pounds a year.[1]
History
The scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers.[2][3] Although the scholarship is named for Lord Eldon LC, it is not, as is often supposed, funded from his will – Lord Eldon did not in fact die until eight years after the scholarship was founded.[3] The first trustees included the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Romney and Lord Arden.[2]
Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant that was a member of the Church of England. In 1963 that was downgraded to a preference, and in 1983 the requirement was dropped entirely.[2]
Past winners
Past winners include:[4]
- Sir Robert Herbert, first Premier of Queensland, Australia[5]
- John Conington, classical scholar (who gave up the scholarship)[6]
- Ralph Lingen, 1st Baron Lingen, civil servant.[7]
- Alfred Hazel MP[8]
- Thomas Henry Haddan, founder of The Guardian
- Alfred Barratt, philosopher
- Murray Coutts-Tratter, Chief Justice of Madras High Court
- Sir Frederick Lidell, civil servant.[9]
- Professor Sir Carleton Allen (1913)
- Gordon Alchin (1920), poet.[4]
- Lord Denning (1921), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls[10]
- Lord Radcliffe (1923), Law Lord
- Lord Wilberforce (1930), Law Lord.[4]
- John Morris (1933), academic[11]
- Sir James Fawcett (1935), President of the European Commission for Human Rights[12]
- Sir Richard Blackburn (1949), Australian judge
- Sir Christopher Slade (1950), Lord Justice of Appeal.[4]
- Ted Nugee, QC (1953)[13]
- Lord Bingham (1957), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls[14]
- Sir James Munby (1970), President of the Family Division.[4]
- Dame Sonia Proudman (1973), High Court judge.[4]
- Sir Stephen Tomlinson (1974), Lord Justice of Appeal[4]
- Gabriel Moss QC (1975), barrister.[4]
- Sir Nicholas Hamblen (1982), Lord Justice of Appeal[15]
- Sir Christopher Nugee (1984), High Court judge.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Eldon Law Scholarship" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Eldon Scholarship History". Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- 1 2 "Eldon testimonial. The Eldon law scholarship founded at Oxford, and list of subscribers". Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Eldon Scholarship Award Holders since 1919". Oxford University. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ↑ Aldrich, Robert; Wotherspoon, Garry (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. Routledge. p. 207. ISBN 0-415-15982-2. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
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- ↑ "Lingen, Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, Baron". 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ↑ "HAZEL, Alfred Ernest William (d. 1944)". Who Was Who (subscription access). A&C Black (Publishers) Ltd. January 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ↑ "LIDDELL, Sir Frederick Francis", in Who Was Who (Online ed.). A & C Black. 2007.
- ↑ Freeman, Iris (1993). Lord Denning – A Life. Random House. ISBN 0-09-174594-2.
- ↑ Guenter Treitel. "In Memoriam: Dr J C H Morris". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ↑ ‘FAWCETT, Sir James (Edmund Sandford)’, Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2008; online ed. by Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 15 January 2012
- ↑ "Ted Nugee". 15 March 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ↑ "Balliol lawyer awarded prestigious scholarship". Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ ‘HAMBLEN, Rt Hon. Sir Nicholas Archibald’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017