Mark Lemon Romer, Baron Romer, PC (9 August 1866 – 19 August 1944) was a British barrister and judge.

Biography

Romer was born in

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, the second son of Sir Robert Romer, later a

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, and Betty, née Lemon, daughter of

Mark Lemon Mark Lemon (30 November 1809, in London – 23 May 1870, in Crawley) was the founding editor of both ''Punch (magazine), Punch'' and ''The Field (magazine), The Field''. He was also a writer of Play (theatre), plays and verses. Biography ...

, founding editor of '' Punch''. He was educated at Rugby and

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, where he read Mathematics, graduating as a junior optime. He was called to the bar by

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in 1890. Practicing at the Chancery bar, he was made a King's Counsel in 1906 and attached himself to the court of Mr Justice Parker, then that of Mr Justice Sargant when Parker was elevated to the House of Lords. Romer was appointed a judge of the

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of the High Court in 1922, in succession to Sir Arthur Frederick Peterson, and received the customary knighthood the same year. In 1929, he was made a

and sworn of the Privy Council. On 5 January 1938, he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in succession to Lord Roche and was made a

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with the title Baron Romer, of

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in the County of Kent. He resigned as Lord of Appeal in April 1944, and died four months later. His son, Sir Charles Romer, was appointed to the Chancery Division two months after his death, following in the steps of both his father and grandfather. Both Lord Romer's father, Sir Robert Romer (1840-1918), and his son, Sir Charles Romer (1897-1969), were also judges, serving as Lords Justices of Appeal in 1899-1906 and 1951-1960 respectively. All three had served in the

of the High Court. He married Anne Wilmot Ritchie, daughter of Charles Thomson Ritchie.

List of cases

*'' Re Gardner (No.2)'' 9232 Ch 230 *''

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'' 925Ch 407 *'' France v James Coombes & Co'' 9282 KB 81 *'' Cotter v National Union of Seamen'' 9292 Ch 58 *'' Kirby v Wilkins'' 929Ch 444 *'' Re Thompson'' 934Ch 342 *'' Knightsbridge Estates Trust Ltd v Byrne'' 940AC 613 *'' Southern Foundries (1926) Ltd v Shirlaw'' 940AC 701 *'' Nokes v Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd'' 940AC 1014

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120331185148/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1769.htm * 1866 births 1944 deaths Chancery Division judges Knights Bachelor Law lords Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council English King's Counsel People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Lord justices of appeal Members of Lincoln's Inn Life peers created by George VI {{Life-peer-stub