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.
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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.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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| 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 |