Sir Benjamin Ormerod (7 September 1890 – 21 September 1974) was a lawyer and Judge in England and Wales. Ormerod was appointed a Justice of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 25 May 1948. He was knighted a few days later. Ormerod was transferred to the Queen's Bench Division (known as the King's Bench Division until 1952) on 6 June 1950. He was promoted to be a

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in the

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on 21 January 1957. Following that appointment, Ormerod was made a member of the

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. He retired from his judicial office on 30 September 1963.

Personal life

Sir Bernjamin Ormerod was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, served in Gallipoli and the Western Front. He married Kathleen May Carter in 1916 and had 2 daughters and a son.

Arms

References

* ''The Judges of England 1272-1990'', by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993) 20th-century English judges 1890 births Knights Bachelor Lord Justices of Appeal Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division judges Queen's Bench Division judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom 1974 deaths {{England-law-bio-stub