Frederick Tucker, Baron Tucker

Frederick James Tucker, Baron Tucker PC (22 May 1888 17 November 1975) was a British judge.

Tucker was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1914, was Recorder of Southampton in 1936-37, was Justice of High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division between 1937 to 1945. Invested as a Privy Councillor on 30 October 1945, Tucker was Lord Justice of Appeal from 1945 to 1950, became a Honorary Fellow New College Oxford in 1946, was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 29 September 1950, and was created additionally a life peer with the title Baron Tucker of Great Bookham in the County of Surrey. In 1961, he retired as Lord of Appeal.

In 1945, Tucker presided over the trial of William Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) for treason.

In 1946, Tucker became an Honorary Fellow of New College, Oxford.

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