Anthony John Leslie Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, (9 May 1929 – 8 December 2024) was a British judge and a member of the

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Early life and education

Lloyd was born on 9 May 1929, the son of Edward John Boydell Lloyd and Leslie Johnston Fleming. He was educated at

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, where he was a

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. After serving in the

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, Lloyd studied law at

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. He was admitted to the

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as a

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in 1955.''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 2374

Military service

On 27 November 1948, Lloyd was commissioned into the

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as a second lieutenant. On 27 September 1949, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant with seniority from 1 January 1949; this ended his full-time military service. He was promoted to

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on 3 August 1950. He relinquished his

commission on 9 December 1953.

Career

Lloyd was a barrister and "took silk" as a

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in 1967. In 1969 he was appointed Attorney-General to the

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, serving until 1977. In 1978, he was appointed High Court Judge of the Queen's Bench, serving until 1983. In 1984, he was appointed

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, serving until 1993, and made a

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. From 1985 to 1992 he was the

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. On 1 October 1993, he was appointed

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(a "Law Lord"), serving until his resignation on 31 December 1998. He wrote the leading judgment in the case of '' Page v Smith'' (1995). In 1993 he wrote a letter in support of Bishop Peter Ball, who was later convicted of child sexual abuse. He chaired the special committee on the proposed Speakership of the House of Lords. In 1996, he conducted a review of British laws against terrorism; his report, ''Inquiry Into Legislation Against Terrorism'', was issued in October 1996. He was a member of the

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. In 2005 he became chairman of the parliamentary Ecclesiastical Committee which examines draft measures presented to it by the Legislative Committee of the

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. On 27 March 2015, he retired from the House of Lords.

Personal life and death

In 1960, he married Jane Helen Violet Shelford, the daughter of Cornelius William Shelford. Lloyd died at home on 8 December 2024, at the age of 95.

Honours

When appointed to Queen's Bench in 1978, he was made a

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. When appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1993, he was raised to the

with the title

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Lloyd of Berwick, of Ludlay in the County of

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. He held the office of deputy lieutenant (D.L.) of East Sussex in 1983. As a leading barrister, he held several honorary posts at the Inner Temple: Bencher in 1976, Reader in 1998 and 1999, and Treasurer in 1999.

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