John Ashworth (judge)

Sir John Percy Ashworth, MBE, DL (3 February 1906 – 26 September 1975) was a British judge and barrister.[1]

He was the son of Percy Ashworth of Ollerton, Bolton and Fradswell Hall, Stafford, and his wife Annie Isabel Brooks, daughter of John Close Brooks of Birtles Hall. He was educated at Winchester College. He then went to Christ Church, Oxford. In 1930 he became a barrister of the Inner Temple. In 1940 he became an intelligence officer.[2][3][4]

Ashworth served as Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law) (one of the British governments most senior lawyers) from 1950 to 1954, and was a Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales from 1954 till his death.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ashworth, Hon. Sir John (Percy)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Ashworth, John Percy. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 1955 (107th ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/armorialfamilies01foxd#page/56/mode/1up/search
  4. ↑ Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 158.
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