List of members of Gray's Inn

Part of Gray's Inn, showing some sets of chambers and a section of the Walks
Part of Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known simply as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. Having existed for over 600 years, members of Gray's Inn include many noted lawyers and judges, such as Francis Bacon,[1] Baron Slynn, Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann and others. Outside the Bar and judiciary of England and Wales, members have included the clergy (including five Archbishops of Canterbury),[2] industrialists like John Wynne, astronomers such as John Lee, media figures, like Huw Thomas,[3] and members of the Bar and judiciary of other nations, such as Yang Ti-liang (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong) and Aitzaz Ahsan (former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan).[4][5] As well as full members, the Inn also offers honorary membership to particularly distinguished members of society. During the Second World War, for example, both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill became honorary Benchers, and therefore members.[6] Other than honorary members, this list only contains those individuals who were called to the Bar, not those who simply joined but left before qualifying.

Lawyers and jurists

Call Name Noted for Notes
1540Nicholas BarhamSerjeant-at-Law who investigated and prosecuted the Ridolfi plot[7]
1583Thomas Ashelegal writer and qualified barrister, although he never practised the law[8]
1585Henry Finchlegal writer[9]
1674William AtwoodLawyer and writer[10]
1792John BellConsidered the best equity barrister of his age, even though he could "neither read, write, walk, nor talk"[11]
1916B. R. AmbedkarIndian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer[12]
1937Jack Hamsonlegal writer and jurist of comparative and common law, President of the International Academy of Comparative Law[13]
1959Christopher BathurstEnglish barrister with a successful practice who became a Queen's Counsel in 1978 before inheriting a hereditary peerage and joining the House of Lords[14]
1961Samuel Eson Johnson Ecomaformer Chief Judge of Cross River State, Nigeria.
1967Aitzaz AhsanPakistani advocate, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan[4]
1980Noor DeanFiji Indian lawyer and politician[15]
1988Roger Tan Kor MeeMalaysian advocate & solicitor, former member of the Malaysian Bar Council and now a Water Commissioner of Malaysia.

Judiciary

Call Name Noted for Notes
1342William SkipwithChief Baron of the Exchequer[16]
1374William GascoigneChief Justice of the King's Bench[17]
1420William YelvertonJustice of the Court of King's Bench[18]
1430Thomas BillingChief Justice of the King's Bench[19]
1438John MarkhamChief Justice of the King's Bench[20]
1448Thomas BryanChief Justice of the Common Pleas[21]
1455William HusseyChief Justice of the King's Bench[22]
1461John FineuxChief Justice of the King's Bench[23]
1535John BirchBaron of the Exchequer[24]
1581James AlthamBaron of the Exchequer[24]
1611Timothy TurnerChief Justice of Chester[25]
1614John BankesChief Justice of the Common Pleas and of the King's Bench[26]
1616Thomas BedingfieldJustice of the Court of Common Pleas[27]
1625Thomas WiddringtonChief Baron of the Exchequer[28]
1627John BradshawPresident of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I and first Lord President of the Council of State[29]
1627John ArcherJustice of the Court of Common Pleas[30]
1657John PowellJustice of the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench[31]
1651Robert BaldockJustice of the Court of King's Bench[32]
1663John HoltLord Chief Justice[33]
1670Richard AlliboneJustice of the Court of King's Bench[31]
1676Thomas BuryChief Baron of the Exchequer[31]
1729Thomas ClarkeMaster of the Rolls[34]
1792John BayleyJustice of the Court of King's Bench and Baron of the Exhequer[35]
1827James BaconVice Chancellor in Bankruptcy and later, by custom, Judge of the High Court of Justice[36]
1879John RomillyMaster of the Rolls[37]
1879John RossLord Chancellor of Ireland[38]
1891James AtkinLaw Lord[39]
1904Maas Thajoon AkbarJustice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Solicitor General of Sri Lanka[40]
1904Augustus UthwattLord Justice of Appeal[41]
1907Malcolm HilberyJudge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice[42]
1919Gilbert Walter KingJudge of the British Supreme Court for China[43]
1928Humphrey WaldockJustice of the International Court of Justice[44]
1937Colin SleemanAssistant Judge Advocate General and circuit judge[45]
1946Elwyn JonesLord Chancellor[44]
1946John VinelottHigh Court Judge Chancery Division[46]
1954Yang Ti-liangformer Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
1959Gordon SlynnLord of Appeal in Ordinary[47]
1959Robin AuldLord Justice of Appeal[48]
1960Anthony CampbellLord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland[49]
1961Mark PotterPresident of the Family Division[50][51]
1966Richard BandaChief Justice of the Malawi High Court, Chief Justice of the Swaziland High Court[52]
1967Robin JacobLord Justice of Appeal[53]
1970Michael HartJudge of the Chancery Division[54]
1972Falak SherChief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan[55]
1973Dame Joan SawyerFirst female Chief Justice of The Bahamas Supreme Court and then first female President of the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas (retired 2010)
1974John SheilLord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland[56]

Politicians

Call Name Noted for Notes
1355Robert AshtonLord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer[57]
1515Robert AskePolitician and rebel who led the Pilgrimage of Grace[58]
1524Thomas CromwellChief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540[59]
1533Nicholas BaconLord Keeper of the Great Seal[60]
1552Christopher YelvertonSpeaker of the British House of Commons[61]
1554Thomas SnaggeSpeaker of the British House of Commons and Attorney-General for Ireland[62]
1560John BrograveMember of Parliament for Preston, Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster[63]
1565Edward BaconMember of Parliament for Great Yarmouth and Tavistock[64]
1582Francis BaconPolitician and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor and Attorney General[65]
1617Nathaniel BaconMember of Parliament for Ipswich[66]
1631John CookeSolicitor General[67]
1644Levinus BennetMember of Parliament for Cambridgeshire[68]
1648William BrodrickMember of the Sealed Knot, Surveyor General of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Dungarvan in the Irish House of Commons[69]
1658William WilliamsSolicitor General and Speaker of the House of Commons[70]
1673Thomas AllenLord Mayor of the City of London[71]
1682Alexander PendarvesMember of Parliament for Penryn, Saltash, Helston, and Launceston[72]
1718Hugh WilliamsMember of Parliament for Anglesey[73]
1839George Hammond WhalleyMember of Parliament for Peterborough[74]
1871William Bowen RowlandsMember of Parliament for Ceredigion
1894F.E. SmithLord Chancellor, Secretary of State for India[75]
1922David Maxwell FyfeSolicitor General, Attorney General, Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary[44]
1922Hartley ShawcrossAttorney General[76]
1923Grantley Herbert AdamsPremier of Barbados[77]
1924Ba MawPrime Minister of Burma[78]
1935Elwyn JonesAttorney General, Lord Chancellor[44]
1944Emrys RobertsMember of Parliament for Merioneth[79]
1948Noor HassanaliThe first Indo-Trinidadian to hold the office of President of Trinidad and Tobago and was the first Muslim Head of State in the Americas[80]
1951Glafcos CleridesFourth President of the Republic of Cyprus[81]
1954Tassos PapadopoulosFifth President of the Republic of Cyprus[81]
1959John "Tom" AdamsPremier of Barbados[82]
1959Lalith AthulathmudaliSri Lankan Member of Parliament and Minister of Education[83]
1975Vera BairdSolicitor General for England and Wales[84]

Clergy

Call Name Noted for Notes
1520William AtwaterBishop of Lincoln[2]
1555Stephen GardinerBishop of Winchester[2]
1588Richard BancroftArchbishop of Canterbury[85]
1589Lancelot AndrewesBishop of Winchester[2]
1592John WhitgiftArchbishop of Canterbury[85]
1615William LaudArchbishop of Canterbury[85]
1615Joseph HallBishop of Exeter[2]
1622Thomas MortonBishop of Lichfield[2]
1623James UssherArchbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland[2]
1635William JuxonArchbishop of Canterbury[85]
1663Gilbert SheldonArchbishop of Canterbury[85]

Other

Call Name Noted for Notes
1599Eubule ThelwallPrincipal of Jesus College, Oxford[86]
1602Simon Archerantiquary[87]
1639Bartholomew BealeAuditor of the imprests[88]
1669John Wynneindustrialist[89]
1841Gilbert Abbott à BeckettHumorist and police magistrate[90]
1863John LeeAstronomer[91]
1882Arthur William à BeckettJournalist and humorist for Punch[92]
1905Gurusaday DuttCivilian
1908Veer SavarkarIndian independence activist, lawyer, politician, poet, writer and playwright and Father of Hindutva
1913Joseph BallIntelligence officer with M15 and first Chairman of the Conservative Research Department[93]
1913Thomas Williams PhillipsPermanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour[94]
1929Sophy Sangerlabour law reformer and internationalist
1951Huw Thomaspresenter for ITN News[3]
?John Finnislegal academic and philosopher

Honorary members

Call Name Noted for Notes
1590John AmyCivil lawyer[95]
1606Francis BarringtonMember of Parliament for Essex[2]
?Winston ChurchillPrime Minister of the United Kingdom[6]
?Franklin D. RooseveltPresident of the United States[6]
2004Geoffrey MaChief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong[6]

See also

List of members of Lincoln's Inn List of members of Middle Temple

References

  1. ↑ Peltonen, Markku (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Bacon, Francis (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Douthwaite (1886) p.195
  3. 1 2 "Huw Thomas - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  4. 1 2 "Aitzaz Ahsan elected Honorary Fellow of Downing College". Indopia. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Gray's Inn - Benchers". Gray's Inn. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ruda 2008, p. 116
  7. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Barham, Nicholas (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  8. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Ashe, Thomas (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  9. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Finch, Henry (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  10. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Atwood, William (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  11. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Bell, John (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  12. ↑ Pritchett, Frances. "In the 1910s" (PHP). Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Hamson, Charles John Joseph (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  14. ↑ "Viscount Bledisloe - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  15. ↑ "The U.S. in Fiji - A Coup In Question" (29 ed.). The Pacific: Covert Action Information Bulletin. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  16. ↑ Watt (1928) p.145
  17. ↑ Foss (1870) p.290
  18. ↑ Foss (1870) p.777
  19. ↑ Foss (1870) p.94
  20. ↑ Foss (1870) p.435
  21. ↑ Foss (1870) p.136
  22. ↑ Foss (1870) p.359
  23. ↑ Foss (1870) p.254
  24. 1 2 Foss (1870) p.13
  25. ↑ Brooks, Christopher W (September 2004). "Turner, Sir Timothy (1585–1677)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  26. ↑ Foss (1870) p.53
  27. ↑ Foss (1870) p.80
  28. ↑ Foss (1870) p.728
  29. ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bradshaw,_John_(1602-1659)_(DNB00)
  30. ↑ Foss (1870) p.530
  31. 1 2 3 Foss (1870) p.12
  32. ↑ Foss (1870) p.50
  33. ↑ Foss (1870) p.351
  34. ↑ "Clark, Thomas (CLRK721T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  35. ↑ Foss (1870) p.63
  36. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Bacon, James (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  37. ↑ Foss (1870) p.567
  38. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Ross, Sir John (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  39. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Atkin, James (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  40. ↑ "Akbar, Mass Thajoon (AKBR900MT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  41. ↑ "Gray's Inn - Augustus Uthwatt". Gray's Inn. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  42. ↑ "Hilbery, Sir (George) Malcolm". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  43. ↑ North China Herald, August 23, 1919, p496 and London Gazette, 11 October 1927, p1129
  44. 1 2 3 4 "Gray's Inn". Bar Council. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  45. ↑ "His Honour Colin Sleeman". The Daily Telegraph. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  46. ↑ "Sir John Vinelott". The Daily Telegraph. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  47. ↑ Blom-Cooper, Louis (21 May 2009). "Obituary: Lord Slynn of Hadley". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  48. ↑ "Criminal Courts Review - Lord Justice Auld". Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom). Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  49. ↑ "Senior judge set to retire after 50-year law career". Irish News. 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  50. ↑ "Sir Mark Potter - Times Online". London: The Times. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  51. ↑ "Gray's Inn - Masters of the Bench". Gray's Inn. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  52. ↑ http://www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/185183/185198/185199/185211/justice_richard_banda__malawi/
  53. ↑ Jacob's CV on University College of London website
  54. ↑ "Sir Michael Hart - Times Online Obituary". London: The Times. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  55. ↑ "The Hon'ble Chief Justice". Government of Lahore. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  56. ↑ "Privy Council Appointment (Sir John Joseph Sheil)". Government of the United Kingdom. 20 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  57. ↑ Watt (1928) p.146
  58. ↑ Watt (1928) p.114
  59. ↑ https://www.graysinn.org.uk/history. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  60. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Bacon, Sir Nicholas (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  61. ↑ Foss (1870) p.778
  62. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Snagge, Thomas (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  63. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Brograve, Sir John (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  64. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Bacon, Edward (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  65. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Bacon, Francis (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  66. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Bacon, Nathaniel (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  67. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Cook, John (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  68. ↑ Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley and D. W. Hayton, ed (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. vol. III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 173-174.
  69. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Brodrick, Sir William (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  70. ↑ Welsh Biography Online "WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634-1700)" Check |url= value (help). Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  71. ↑ Foster (1889) p.318
  72. ↑ Hayton, David; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 128. ISBN 0-521-77221-4.
  73. ↑ William Retlaw, Williams (1895). The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliesr times to the present day, 1541-1895. E. Davis and Bell. OCLC 6997262.
  74. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Whalley, George Hammond (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  75. ↑ Camp, William (1960). The Glittering Prizes - A Biographical Study of F. E. Smith, First Earl of Birkenhead. London: Macgibbon & Kee. p. 28. OCLC 2323156.
  76. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Shawcross, Hartley William". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  77. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Adams, Sir Grantley Herbert (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  78. ↑ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: a historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. Vol. 3. ABC. p. 197. ISBN 1-57607-770-5.
  79. ↑ "Emrys Roberts Records". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  80. ↑ "NOOR HASSANALI (1918-2006)".
  81. 1 2 "The President of the Republic of Cyprus".
  82. ↑ "Oxford DNB article:Adams, John Michael Geoffrey Manningham (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  83. ↑ Dissanayake, S.N. (27 November 2002). "Lalith Athulathmudali - a talented leader snuffed out in his prime". Daily News. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  84. ↑ "Labour Online - Vera Baird QC". Labour Party. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  85. 1 2 3 4 5 Douthwaite (1886) p.194
  86. ↑ "Thelwell, Eubule (THLL573E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  87. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Archer, Sir Simon (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  88. ↑ "Beale, Bartholomew (BL639B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  89. ↑ Jenkins, Robert Thomas (2007). "Wynne, John (1650–1714), industrial pioneer". Welsh Biography Online. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  90. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  91. ↑ "Fiott (post Lee), John (FT801J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  92. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: A Beckett, Arthur William (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  93. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Ball, Sir (George) Joseph (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  94. ↑ "Phillips, Sir Thomas Williams". Who Was Who (online edition). Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  95. ↑ "Oxford DNB article: Amy, Sir John (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

Further reading

  • Douthwaite, William Ralph (1886). Gray's Inn, Its History & Associations. Reeves and Turner. OCLC 2578698.
  • Foster, Joseph (1889). Register of admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 together with the register of marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754. Hansard Publishing Union. OCLC 271771277.
  • Foss, Edward (1870). A Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of England (1066 - 1870). Spottiswoode and Company.
  • Ruda, Richard (2008), A Visitor's Guide to the four Inns of Court in Central London, Washington D.C.: American Inns of Court
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.