Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick

The Right Honourable
The Lord Lloyd of Berwick
PC DL
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
1 October 1993 – 31 December 1998
Monarch Elizabeth II
Preceded by The Lord Griffiths
Succeeded by The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Personal details
Born Anthony John Leslie Lloyd
9 May 1929
Spouse(s) Jane Helen Violet Shelford (m. 1960)
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation Judge
Profession Law

Anthony John Leslie Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick (born 9 May 1929)[1] PC DL is a retired British judge, and a former member of the House of Lords.[2]

Early life

Anthony Lloyd was born on 9 May 1929. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career

He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was raised to the House of Lords with the title Baron Lloyd of Berwick, of Ludlay in the County of East Sussex on 1 October 1993 and was Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until his resignation 31 December 1998.[3] He is probably best known for his leading judgment in the case of Page v Smith.

He chaired the special committee on the proposed Speakership of the House of Lords. He issued a report based on his inquiry into legislation aqainst terrorism in October 1996. He is a former member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.[4] In 2005 he became chairman of the parliamentary Ecclesiastical Committee which examines draft measures presented to it by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod of the Church of England.[5]

On 27th March 2015, he retired from the House of Lords.

Personal life

In 1960, he married Jane Helen Violet Shelford, the daughter of Cornelius William Shelford.[6]

Arms

Arms of Anthony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick
Coronet
Coronet of a Baron
Crest
A Hedgehog Gules, spined Or, holding in the dexter paw an Ostrich Plume erect proper.
Escutcheon
Per fess Gules and Or, a Pale per fess and a Fess per fess, in chief an Escallop between two Hedgehogs, and in base a Hedgehog between two Escallops, all counter-changed.
Motto
NISI DOMINUS (Only the Lord)


References

  1. ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2014. Lord Lloyd of Berwick, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 84
  2. ↑ "Anthony John Leslie Lloyd LLOYD OF BERWICK". Debretts. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Beamish, David. "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876–2009". Peerages. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 52828. p. 2231. 10 February 1992. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  5. ↑ http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-archive/ecclesiastical-committee/ecclesiastical-committee-members/
  6. ↑ "Jane Helen Violet Shelford". Peerage. Retrieved 27 April 2014.