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2013 Special Honours
The Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Venerable Order of St John, Order of St John. † indicates an award given posthumously. Life Peer Conservative Party * Anthony Bamford, Sir Anthony Bamford, to be ''Baron Bamford of Daylesford in the County of Gloucestershire and of Wootton in the County of Staffordshire'' – 7 October 2013 * Annabel Goldie, to be ''Baroness Goldie of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire'' – 7 October 2013 * Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, Susan Frances Maria Williams, to be ''Baroness Williams of Trafford of Hale in the County of Greater Manchester'' – 25 September 2013 Labour Party * Charles Allen (businessman), Sir Charles Lamb Allen, , to be ''Baron Allen of Kensington of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea'' – 4 October 2013 Liberal Democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. It is the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system, outranked in precedence only by the Victoria Cross and the George Cross. The Order of the Garter is dedicated to the image and arms of Saint George, England's patron saint. Appointments are at the sovereign's sole discretion and are usually in recognition of a national contribution, for public service, or for personal service to the sovereign. Membership of the order is limited to the sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and no more than 24 living members, or Companions. The order also includes supernumerary knights and ladies (e.g. members of the British royal family and foreign monarchs). The order's emblem is a garter with the motto (Middle French for 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it') in gold lettering. Members of the order wear it on ceremonial occasions. History King Edward III founded the Order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Companions Of Honour
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded on 4 June 1917 by King George V as a reward for outstanding achievements. Founded on the same date as the Order of the British Empire, it is sometimes regarded as the junior order to the Order of Merit. The order was originally intended to be conferred upon a limited number of persons for whom this special distinction seemed to be the most appropriate form of recognition, constituting an honour disassociated either from the acceptance of title or the classification of merit. It is now described as being "awarded for having a major contribution to the arts, science, medicine, or government lasting over a long period of time". The first recipients of the order were all decorated for "services in connection with the war" and were listed in ''The London Gazette''. Composition The order consists of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms, who is the Sovereign of the Order of the Companions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Keehan
Sir Michael Joseph Keehan (born 31 March 1960), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Keehan, is a British judge of the High Court of Justice of the Courts of England and Wales. Career Keehan was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1982. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2000. He was appointed a Recorder in 2000 and was approved to sit as a deputy High Court judge. On 13 May 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge, assigned to the Family Division, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours The Special Honours are issued at the Queen's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer the award of the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order and the Venerable Order of St John, Order of St Jo .... thegazette.co.uk; accessed 5 September 2015.
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Robert Jay
Sir Robert Maurice Jay (born 20 September 1959), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Jay, is a judge of the High Court of Justice of the Courts of England and Wales. He was counsel to the Leveson Inquiry. Early life Jay was born on 20 September 1959. He is the son of the late Professor Barrie Samuel Jay, a consultant surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and Marcelle Ruby Jay.Fifty shades of Jay... Robert Jay QC becomes star of Leveson Inquiry Authors: Susannah Butter and Emilie McMeekan. Publisher: ''''. Published: 29 June 2012. Retrieved: 24 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Cobb (judge)
Sir Stephen William Scott Cobb (born 12 April 1962), styled The Honourable Mr Justice Cobb, is a British High Court judge. Career Cobb is the son of Sir John Francis Scott Cobb, a judge in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. He was educated at Winchester College and the University of Liverpool. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1985. In 2003, he was appointed Queen's Counsel and in 2004 was appointed a Recorder. In December 2012, he was appointed a High Court judge with effect from 11 January 2013. He was assigned to the Family Division and received the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours. Cobb was the Chairman of the Family Law Bar Association for two years from 2010 to 2011. In 2012 he was awarded the Family Law QC (as it then was) of the year prize at the Jordan Publishing's Family Law Awards. Notable judgments In 2015, sitting in the Court of Protection The Court of Protection in English law is a superior court of record cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Birss
Sir Colin Ian Birss (born 28 January 1964 in Thurso) is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Career Birss attended Largs Academy and then Lancaster Royal Grammar School. He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge in 1986 with a first class honours degree in metallurgy and materials sciences. Birss worked for Arthur Andersen until 1988 and after legal training at City University London he was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1990, joining Three New Square, a specialist intellectual property set of barristers' chambers. Birss was made a Queen's Counsel in 2008. He was appointed a Specialist Circuit Judge on 5 October 2010 and assigned to the Patents County Court in 2010 and authorised to sit as a deputy High Court judge. On 13 May 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge, assigned to the Chancery Division, and received the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Baker
Sir Jeremy Russell Baker (born 9 February 1958) is a British judge of the High Court of Justice of Courts of England and Wales, England and Wales. He is correctly styled Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, conveniently distinguishing him from Andrew Baker. Career Baker was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1979. He was appointed an Assistant Recorder (judge), Recorder in 1996. In 1999, he became a King's Counsel. He was appointed a Recorder in 2000 and a circuit judge in 2010. On 25 March 2013, he was appointed a High Court judge (England and Wales), Justice of the High Court, and was assigned to the King's Bench Division. He received the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours. Notable cases *In May 2022, he jailed Imran Ahmad Khan for 18 months after he was convicted of sexual assault of a 15-year old boy. He had been an Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP before his conviction. See also *Manchester Arena bombing References 1958 births Living people Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Stuart-Smith
Sir Jeremy Hugh Stuart-Smith (born 18 January 1955), styled the Rt Hon Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, is an English judge who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since 2020. Origins and education He is the son of Sir Murray Stuart-Smith (a former Lord Justice of Appeal) and Joan, the daughter of Major Thomas Motion. He was educated at Radley College and at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Legal career Stuart-Smith was Call to the bar, called to the Bar in 1978 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1997. He was appointed a High Court judge (England and Wales), High Court judge with effect from 2 October 2012, being assigned by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Chief Justice to the Queen’s Bench Division. He was consequentially knighted in the 2013 Special Honours. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 1 October 2020. He is the co-author, with Professor Robert Merkin, of a textbook on the law of motor insurance. Personal life Stuart-Smith married on 25 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Males
Sir Stephen Martin Males (born 24 November 1955), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Males is a British judge who serves as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Males attended The Skinners' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MA degree in law in 1977. Males was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1978 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1998. He was appointed a Recorder in 1999 and was Deputy High Court Judge until his promotion to the High Court, assigned to the Queen's Bench Division, on 1 October 2012, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2019, receiving the customary appointment to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, allowing him the Honorific Title "The Right Honourable ''The Right Honourable'' ( abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Maguire (judge)
Sir Paul Richard Maguire PC (born 10 November 1952), styled The Rt. Hon. Lord. Justice Maguire, was an Appeal Court judge in Northern Ireland until his retirement in 2022. Prior to that he was a barrister and a politician. Maguire was called to the Bar in 1978 and became Queen's Counsel in 2006. He lectured at Queen's University Belfast, and served as a part-time Chairman of the Employment Tribunals. Maguire unsuccessfully stood for election to Belfast City Council for the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in 1981. He was then elected at the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election for North Belfast. He stood for the Alliance party in the equivalent Westminster constituency of North Belfast at the 1983 general election, taking 9.1% of the vote, then again at the Belfast North by-election in 1986, when he increased his vote share to 16.7%. In the mid-1980s, Maguire left politics and focused on his legal career, rising to become Queen's Counsel in 2006,Dan Keenan,Counsel app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Leggatt
George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt, Lord Leggatt, (born 12 November 1957) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest court of law in the United Kingdom. Education Leggatt's father is the former Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Andrew Leggatt. Leggatt was educated at Eton College and earned a First-Class Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy at King's College, Cambridge in 1979. He was a Harkness Fellow at Harvard University (1979–80) and received a Diploma in Law with distinction from City Law School in 1981. Legal career Leggatt was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1983 and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1997. He joined Brick Court Chambers in 1985, where he practised commercial law, including areas such as banking, insurance, sales, and product liability law. He became a recorder in 2002 and was a deputy High Court judge. On 26 October 2012, he was appointed to the High Court, receiving the customary knighthood in the 2013 Special Honours, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Horner (judge) (1785–1844)
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Thomas Horner may refer to: * Thomas Horner (armourer), character (an armorer) in Henry VI, Part 2 * Thomas Horner (Mells Manor), man connected to Little Jack Horner * Thomas Strangways Horner, English MP for Somerset in 1713 and 1727 * Thomas Hornor (surveyor) Thomas Hornor (1785–1844) was an English land surveyor, artist, and inventor. Born on 12 June 1785 into the Quaker family of a grocer in Hull, Hornor (sometimes spelled Horner) learned surveying and engineering from his brother-in-law. Soon aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
