Walter Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore
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Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore PC (21 November 1845 – 13 March 1929), known as Sir Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baronet, from 1885 to 1918, was a British lawyer and judge.
Phillimore was the son of Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, 1st Baronet. He was a Judge of the High Court of Justice from 1897 to 1913 and a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1913 to 1916. In 1913, he was admitted to the Privy Council and on 2 July 1918 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Phillimore, of Shiplake in the County of Oxford.
Phillimore was an eminent ecclesiastical lawyer and gave the opinion in the 1884 case of the Home Office Baby.[1]
Lord Phillimore died in London in March 1929, aged 83, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Godfrey.
[edit] References
- ^ Simpson, A. W. B. (1984). Cannibalism and the Common Law: The Story of the Tragic Last Voyage of the Mignonette and the Strange Legal Proceedings to Which It Gave Rise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p.245. ISBN 9780226759425.
[edit] Bibliography
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Peerage information.
- W. A. B. (1928) "The Right Hon. Baron Phillimore of Shiplake, Baronet, PC, DCL, LLD, JP", Transactions of the Grotius Society, Vol. 14, Problems of Peace and War, Papers Read before the Society in the Year 1928, ppv-ix.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New Creation |
Baron Phillimore 1918–1929 |
Succeeded by Godfrey Walter Phillimore |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Robert Joseph Phillimore |
Baronet (of the Coppice) 1885–1929 |
Succeeded by Godfrey Walter Phillimore |
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