Monarch Elizabeth II Name Anthony Baron Preceded by The Lord Griffiths Rank Lieutenant | Occupation Judge Unit Coldstream Guards Profession Law | |
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Full Name Anthony John Leslie Lloyd Born 9 May 1929 (age 94) ( 1929-05-09 ) Spouse(s) Jane Helen Violet Shelford (m. 1960) Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge Role Lords of Appeal in Ordinary Succeeded by Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers Education Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge | ||
Anthony John Leslie Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, (born 9 May 1929) is a retired British judge, and a former member of the House of Lords.
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Early life and education
Lloyd was born on 9 May 1929, the son of Edward John Boydell Lloyd and Leslie Johnston Fleming. He was educated at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar.
After serving in the British Army, Lloyd studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the Inner Temple as a barrister in 1955.
Military service
On 27 November 1948, Lloyd was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant. On 27 September 1949, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant with seniority from 1 January 1949; this ended his full-time military service. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 August 1950. He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 December 1953.
Career
He was a successful barrister, and "took silk" as a Queen's Counsel in 1967. In 1969 he was appointed Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales, serving until 1977.
In 1978, he was appointed High Court Judge of Queen's Bench, serving until 1983. In 1984, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal, serving until 1993, and made a Privy Counsellor. On 1 October 1993, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (a "Law Lord"), serving until his resignation on 31 December 1998. He is probably best known for his leading judgment in the case of Page v Smith (1995).
He chaired the special committee on the proposed Speakership of the House of Lords. In 1996, he conducted a review of British laws against terrorism; his report, Inquiry Into Legislation Against Terrorism, was issued in October 1996.
He is a former member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved. 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.
On 27 March 2015, he retired from the House of Lords.
Honours
When appointed to Queen's Bench in 1978, he was made a Knight Bachelor. When appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1993, he was raised to the House of Lords with the title Baron Lloyd of Berwick, of Ludlay in the County of East Sussex.
Honorary offices
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of East Sussex in 1983. As a leading barrister, he held several honorary posts at the Inner Temple: Bencher in 1976, Reader in 1998 and 1999, and Treasurer in 1999.
Personal life
In 1960, he married Jane Helen Violet Shelford, the daughter of Cornelius William Shelford.