Norman Birkett 1st Baron Birkett

Tags: Judge.

William Norman Birkett 1st Baron Birkett PC QC (6 September 1883 – 10 February 1962) was a British barrister judge politician and preacher who served as the alternate British judge during the Nuremberg Trials. Birkett received his education at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School. He was a Methodist preacher and a draper before attending Emmanuel College Cambridge in 1907 to study theology history and law.

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active years end date

1924-10-29, 1931-10-27, 1950-10-02

active years start date

1923-12-06, 1929-05-30, 1941-11-11, 1950-10-02

alma mater

Emmanuel College Cambridge

birth date

1883-09-06

birth place

Lancashire, Ulverston

death date

1962-02-10

death place

London

LCCN Id

n/85/363596

office

Court of Appeal of England and Wales, High Court of Justice of England and Wales

order in office

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

party

Liberal Party (UK)

profession

Barrister, Judge

region

Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

religion

Methodism

successor

Edmund Brocklebank, Louis Gluckstein