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butcher, JP Robert Gray and Elizabeth Gray. He gained a first-class honours degree at the

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, where he was also president of the university's union. Called to the bar in 1953, he was made a Queen's Counsel in 1971. Among his most famous cases were the defence of Donald Neilson, the appeal of John Poulson, the

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case, the

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trial, and the Brink's-Mat robbery trial. He also represented

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in his case against the

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and the public inquiry into the sinking of the

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References

* https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gilbert-gray-qc-djl6bvz2jfm * https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8965097.legal-world-mourns-top-york-barrister-gilbert-gray-qc/ * https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/gilbert-gray-qc * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/8472650/Gilbert-Gray.html * https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/gilbert-gray-qc-1935102 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Gilbert 1928 births 2011 deaths English King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel Members of Gray's Inn Alumni of the University of Leeds Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire People educated at Scarborough High School for Boys