Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan

Terence Donovan
Born Terence Norbert Donovan
13 June 1898(1898-06-13)
West Ham, London
Died 12 December 1971(1971-12-12) (aged 73)
City of London
Title Baron Donovan, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire
Tenure 1964–1971
Offices Member of Parliament (1945–1950)
High Court Judge (1950–1960)
Appeals Court Judge (1960–1964)
Privy Counsellor (1960–1964)
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1964–1971)
Baron Donovan, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire (1964–1971).
Issue Hugh Desmond Donovan
John Donovan
Susan Horton (Donovan)

Terence Norbert Donovan, Baron Donovan PC (13 June 1898 – 12 December 1971) was a British Labour Party politician, and later a judge.

Born in West Ham, London, Donovan came to office in the Labour landslide in the 1945 general election. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Leicester East. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was re-elected for the new Leicester North East constituency.

However, Donovan resigned from the House of Commons within weeks of the election, when he was appointed as a High Court judge. He was promoted to the Appeals Court in 1960, when he also became a Privy Counsellor. In 1964 he was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, remaining in post until 1971. As a Law lord he was given a life peerage as Baron Donovan, of Winchester in the County of Hampshire. He died within the City of London aged 73.

The Hon. Hugh Desmond Donovan[1], Lord Donovan's eldest son, married Margaret Mary Arbuthnott[2], second great-granddaughter of John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, on 26 July 1968 and has issue: Charles Edward Horatius Arbuthnott Donovan,[3][4] godson of The Hon Julia Maria Cristina Mildred Camoys Stonor. Lord Donovan's other grandchildren include artist Miranda Donovan[5] and musician Florence Donovan [6].[7]

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Notes

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. “The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms, P.105” Published 1972, Heraldry Today
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles “Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, p.101” Volume 1
  3. ^ “The Peerage Website,”'
  4. ^ “Charles Donovan,”'
  5. ^ “Miranda Donovan,”'
  6. ^ “Florence Donovan, Paper Sky,”'
  7. ^ Kidd, Charles "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage", 2003, Donovan”'

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Abraham Montagu Lyons		 Member of Parliament for Leicester East
1945–1950		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Leicester North East
Feb 1950–Sept 1950		 Succeeded by
Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas