Sir David Herbert Penry-Davey (16 May 1942 – 10 October 2015) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He was educated at Hastings Grammar School and at King's College London (LLB, 1964). He was called to the Bar at

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in 1965. He was made a

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recorder in 1986, a QC in 1988, and a judge of the

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(Queen's Bench Division) in 1997. He died on 10 October 2015.PENRY-DAVEY Sir David
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1942 births 2015 deaths Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Queen's Bench Division judges 21st-century English judges English King's Counsel Knights Bachelor Members of the Inner Temple 20th-century King's Counsel People educated at Hastings Grammar School 20th-century English lawyers {{UK-law-bio-stub