Sir Charles Eustace Harman (22 November 1894 – 14 November 1970) was an English

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and

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who was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1959 to his retirement in mid-1970. He was born in

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, the son of John Eustace Harman (1861–1927), barrister of

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, and his wife, Ethel Frances ''née'' Birch, of

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. He was educated at

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and

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. His brother John Augustus (Jack), only a year and a half his senior, was killed in a 1917 flying accident, as part of his war service with the

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. Charles's own university career was interrupted by

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. He was wounded within the first year, at the

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, and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner; he used the time to improve his languages.Denys B. Buckley, ‘Harman, Sir Charles Eustace (1894–1970)’, rev. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
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/ref> Harman was appointed a Justice of the

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of the

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on 12 December 1947. A few days later he was knighted. He was promoted to be a

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in the

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on 7 April 1959. Following that appointment, Harman was made a member of the

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. He retired from his judicial office on 6 June 1970. Sir Charles' son, Jeremiah Harman, was also a judge. He died in hospital in London, aged 75.

Notable decisions

Notable judicial decisions of Sir Charles included: * '' Re Nanwa Gold Mines Ltd''

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Arms

References

* ''The Judges of England 1272-1990'', by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993) 1894 births 1970 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge 20th-century English judges Knights Bachelor Lords Justices of Appeal Chancery Division judges Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom {{England-law-bio-stub