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Judge Advocate Of The Fleet
The Judge Advocate of the Fleet was an appointed civilian judge who was responsible for the supervision and superintendence of the court martial system in the Royal Navy from 1663 to 2008. History The position dates to the sixteenth century but was filled on an occasional basis until 1663 when it became a permanent role. Appointments were by Admiralty Order and included an annual stipend worth £146 between 1663 and 1666, and £182 thereafter. From 1824 the Judge Advocate jointly held the office of Counsel to the Admiralty. later styled as Counsel to the Navy Department, Ministry of Defence. A remunerated position of Deputy Judge Advocate existed from 1668 to 1679, and again from 1684 to 1831. Until 2004 the Judge Advocate shared responsibility for the naval court martial system with the Chief Naval Judge Advocate previously known as the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet, a legally trained serving naval officer who was responsible for the appointment of judge advocates. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judicial Independence
Judicial independence is the concept that the judiciary should be independent from the other branches of government. That is, courts should not be subject to improper influence from the other branches of government or from private or partisan interests. Judicial independence is important to the idea of separation of powers. Many countries deal with the idea of judicial independence through different means of judicial selection, or choosing judges. One way to promote judicial independence is by granting life tenure or long tenure for judges, which ideally frees them to decide cases and make rulings according to the rule of law and judicial discretion, even if those decisions are politically unpopular or opposed by powerful interests. This concept can be traced back to 18th-century England. In some countries, the ability of the judiciary to check the legislature is enhanced by the power of judicial review. This power can be used, for example, by mandating certain action when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Murray Pitman
Charles Murray Pitman King's Counsel, KC Justice of the Peace, JP (8 January 1872 – 13 October 1948) was a British judge and rower described in his Times obituary as having been known "in the rowing world ... one of the most distinguished oarsmen of his time". The son of Frederick Pitman, he was one of 8 brothers, including Thomas Tait Pitman and Frederick I. Pitman. Pitman was educated at Eton College, Eton and New College, Oxford, where he studied modern history. While at Oxford he Stroke (rowing), stroked the Oxford University Boat Club, university crew to four victories in the Boat Races of 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. He was called to the Bar in 1897 and was Judge Advocate of the Fleet and Recorder (judge), Recorder of Rochester, Kent, Rochester 1924–33, then was a Official Referee, Referee of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1933–45 and Chairman of the Berkshire Quarter Sessions, 1927–45. He was made a King's Counsel in 1925. He married in 1909 Hilda Mary, da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland
Sir Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland (18 May 1856 – 18 February 1924) was a British barrister and judge. Background He was the sixth son of Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Baronet, and his wife Sarah Cotton, eldest daughter of William Cotton. His younger brother was Alfred Dyke Acland. He was educated at Winchester College and then at University College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1878 and Master of Arts five year later. Career In 1881, Acland was called to the bar by the Inner Temple and worked as barrister-at-law. He became junior counsel to the Admiralty in 1897 and subsequently was appointed Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1904. Acland was appointed Recorder of Shrewsbury in November 1901, a post he held for the next two years. He then served as Recorder of Oxford until his death in 1924. He was nominated a King's Counsel in 1904 and acted as counsel for Great Britain at the North Sea Commission in Paris in the following year. In 1913, he was elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Staveley Hill
Alexander Staveley Hill (21 May 1825 – 25 June 1905) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1868 to 1900, representing Coventry (UK Parliament constituency), Coventry, Staffordshire West (UK Parliament constituency), Staffordshire West and Kingswinford (UK Parliament constituency), Kingswinford. Hill was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Henry Hill, a banker, and his wife Anne Staveley. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. Having become a barrister and QC, Hill represented Coventry from 1868 to 1874, West Staffordshire from 1874 to 1885 and Kingswinford from 1885 to 1900. He also served as Judge Advocate of the Fleet. He lived at Kensington and at Oxley Manor, Bushbury, Staffordshire, where he was a JP and Deputy Lieutenant of the county. In 1880 he and his wife funded a school and chapel at Bushbury. During the years 1881-1884 Hill went on annu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Walter Huddleston
Sir John Walter Huddleston (8 September 1815 – 5 December 1890) was an English judge, formerly a criminal lawyer who had established an eminent reputation in various '' causes célèbres''. As a Baron of the Exchequer of Pleas, he was styled Baron Huddleston, in writing, Huddleston B. Soon after his appointment, the Exchequer was absorbed into the High Court of Justice and the style abolished. He sometimes referred to himself as "The last of the Barons."Rigg (2004) Today, the case he presided over that remains famous is ''Whistler v. Ruskin'', where his wife and that of Ruskin's counsel sat beside him on the bench. Personal life Huddleston was the eldest son of Thomas, a Merchant Navy officer and Alethea née Hichens. He was born and educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College Dublin, but he did not graduate. In 1872, he married Diana de Vere Beauclerk (1842–1905), daughter of William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans. Huddleston enjoyed theatre and horse racing. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell
Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, (21 June 1817 – 27 October 1886) was an English lawyer, politician and judge. Background and education He was the eldest son of John Collier, a merchant of Plymouth, formerly a member of the Society of Friends and MP for that town from 1832 to 1842. Robert Collier was born in 1817, and was educated at the grammar school and other schools at Plymouth till the age of sixteen, when he was placed under the tuition of Mr Kemp, subsequently rector of St James's, Piccadilly, London. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and while there wrote some clever parodies, and published a satirical poem called 'Granta'. Ill-health compelled him to abandon reading for honours and to quit the university, to which he only returned to take the ordinary B.A. degree in 1843. Already a politician, he made some speeches at Launceston in 1841 with a view to contesting the borough in the Liberal interest, but did not go to the poll, and he was an activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Atherton (MP)
Sir William Atherton QC (October 1806 – 22 January 1864) was a Scottish barrister and Liberal Party politician. An advanced Liberal who favoured the secret ballot and widening of suffrage, he held a seat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1864, and was a Law Officer of the Crown for four years. Early years Atherton was the only son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, Rev. William Atherton, and his wife Margaret who was a daughter of the Church of Scotland minister Rev. Walter Morison. Career He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and practised on the Northern Circuit, becoming a Queen's Counsel (QC) and a bencher in 1852. While practising below the bar he published 'An Elementary and Practical Treatise on the Commencement of Personal Actions, and the Proceedings therein to Declaration, in the Superior Courts at Westminster. Comprising the Changes effected by the Uniformity of Process Act (2 W. 4. c. 39) and recent Rules of Court.' Lond. 1833. 12mo. He was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Phinn
Thomas Phinn, Queen's Counsel, QC ( – 31 October 1866) was a British barrister and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He held various positions in the British Admiralty, Admiralty of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Life Born in Bath, Somerset, Phinn was educated at Eton College and Exeter College, Oxford. He read for the bar at the Inner Temple, being called to the bar, called in 1840. He was elected at the 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 general election as Member of Parliament for Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Bath, but held that seat for only three years, until 1855. He was appointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge Advocate of the Fleet on 17 April 1854,'Counsel 1673–1870' ''Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Budden Crowder
Sir Richard Budden Crowder, QC (17 May 1796 – 5 December 1859) was a British Liberal Party politician and judge. He was elected at a by-election in 1849 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard in Cornwall, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in March 1854 to take an appointment as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas. Whilst in Parliament, he was simultaneously Judge Advocate of the Fleet The Judge Advocate of the Fleet was an appointed civilian judge who was responsible for the supervision and superintendence of the court martial system in the Royal Navy from 1663 to 2008. History The position dates to the sixteenth century but ... from 1849 to 1854. References External links * 1859 deaths Justices of the Common Pleas Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liskeard UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Year of birth missing English King's Counsel Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Godson
Richard Godson, QC (1797–1849) was an English barrister and politician. He was member of Parliament for in 1831–32 and then 1832–34 and 1837–1849.GODSON, Richard (1797-1849). History of Parliament. Retrieved 26 December 2015. His father was of Worcester who died in 1822. His brothers were , barrister, and Stephen Godson, attorney. Godson's relationship with Kidderminster began when he defended carpet-weavers on trial there in 1830. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet
Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (24 October 1725 – 22 December 1822) was a British naval administrator and politician. Born George Jackson, probably in Yorkshire, the third but oldest surviving son of George Jackson (1687/8–1758) of Hill House, Richmond, Yorkshire, and Ellerton Abbey, Yorkshire, and Hannah, daughter of William Ward of Guisborough, Yorkshire. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis from 1786 to 1788, and for Colchester from 1790 to 1796. He was created a baronet on 21 June 1791. Jackson was made Deputy Secretary to The Admiralty in 1766 and appointed Judge Advocate of the Fleet in 1768. In this capacity he was largely responsible for the conduct of the court martial of Admiral Lord Keppel in 1779 and the subsequent enquiry into the evidence of Sir Hugh Palliser. Jackson resigned from the secretaryship in 1782 but remained Judge Advocate until his death. He was a friend and patron of Captain James Cook. In his honour, Captain Cook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
