Harold Danckwerts

Sir Harold Otto Danckwerts (23 February 1888 – 12 June 1978) was a lawyer and judge in England and Wales.

Harold Danckwerts was appointed a Justice of the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 1 June 1949. A few days later he was knighted. He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 9 January 1961. Following that appointment, Danckwerts was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He retired from his judicial office on 2 June 1969.

He was the son of William Otto Adolph Julius Danckwerts.

References

• The Judges of England 1272-1990, by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993)