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Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell, PC (born 28 June 1934) is a retired
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
.


Early life

The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the
Royal Belfast Academical Institution The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is ...
and
Pembroke College, Oxford Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located at Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after ...
, where he received a
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and
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in classics and law in 1956. Two years later he graduated from the
University of Chicago Law School The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many dist ...
with a
Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
.


Legal career

Carswell was Counsel to the
Attorney General for Northern Ireland The Attorney General for Northern Ireland is the chief legal adviser to the Northern Ireland Executive for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Attorney General for Northern Irel ...
in the years 1969 and 1971, and Senior Crown Counsel in
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
from 1979 to 1984. In 1984, he became Judge of the
High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Courts of England and Wales, Senior Cou ...
Northern Ireland, a post he held until 1992. He was
Lord Justice of Appeal A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...
at the Supreme Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland from 1992 to 1997 and further
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland is a judge who is the appointed official holding office as President of the Courts of Northern Ireland and is head of the Judiciary of Northern Ireland. The present Lord Chief Justice of Northern Irela ...
from 1997 to 2004. Lord Carswell was made a
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in 1971. Carswell became a
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in 1993. He was appointed a
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...
as Baron Carswell, of Killeen in the County of Down on 12 January 2004, having been knighted in 1988. He sat in the
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as a
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until his retirement from the membership of the House on 29 October 2019. During 2009–2010, Lord Carswell chaired an inquiry into the roles of Jersey's Crown Officers (the
Bailiff A bailiff (from Middle English baillif, Old French ''baillis'', ''bail'' "custody") is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given. Bailiffs are of various kinds and their offi ...
, Deputy Bailiff, Attorney General and Solicitor General), presenting
report
recommending reforms to the
States of Jersey The States Assembly (french: Assemblée des États; Jèrriais: ) is the parliament of Jersey, formed of the island's 37 deputies and the Connétable of each of the twelve parishes. The origins of the legislature of Jersey lie in the system o ...
on 6 December 2010.


Family

Lord Carswell married Romayne Winifred Ferris in 1961; they have two daughters. Lady Carswell was appointed
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in 2000.


See also

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List of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Lords This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, live or lived in Northern Ireland. This list does not include hereditary peers whose only parliamentary service was in the House of Lords prior to the passage of the ...
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List of Northern Ireland members of the Privy Council {{Politics of Northern Ireland This is a list of Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom who were born, live or lived in Northern Ireland. It is not to be confused with the now redundant Privy Council of Northern Ireland. Current membe ...


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