Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen QC (born 8 August 1926) is a cross bench member of the House of Lords.
Educated at Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford, he was Warden of All Souls College, Oxford from 1977 until 1995, where he has been an Honorary Fellow since 1995. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1985 till 1989.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate in the University of Oxford Chancellor election, 2003.
Neill was made a Life Peer as Baron Neill of Bladen, of Briantspuddle in the County of Dorset in 1997. He became a barrister in 1951 and a QC in 1966. After heading One Hare Court, he became head of chambers of Serle Court, in Lincoln's Inn when the two merged in 1999.[2] Lord Neill left Serle Court in 2008 to join his elder brother Sir Brian Neill, a former Court of Appeal judge, at 20 Essex Street.[3]
His youngest daughter is married to the Private Secretary to the HM The Queen, Rt Hon. Sir Christopher Geidt.
| Media offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hartley Shawcross |
Chairman of the Press Council 1978–1983 |
Succeeded by Zelman Cowen |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Warden of All Souls College, Oxford 1977–1995 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Geoffrey Warnock |
Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1985–1989 |
Succeeded by Richard Southwood |