Maurice Lyell
Sir Maurice Legat Lyell (28 July 1901 – 27 May 1975) was a British barrister and judge, who sat in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice from 1962 to 1971.
Life
[edit]Lyell was born on 28 July 1901 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond in Glenalmond, Scotland. He was educated at Keble College, Oxford, where he was a classics scholar, and he obtained a second-class degree in Modern History in 1923. He was called to the bar (becoming a barrister) as a member of Inner Temple in 1926, and practised in London and on the North-Eastern Circuit.[1] He was Director of Press Censorship at the Ministry of Information between 1940 and 1945. In 1954, he was appointed Queen's Counsel. He became a High Court Judge in 1962, receiving the customary knighthood, and was assigned to the Queen's Bench Division.[2] He was also made an Honorary Fellow of Keble College in 1962.[1] He retired from the bench in 1971, and died on 27 May 1975.[2]
He was the father of Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, Attorney-General from 1992 to 1997.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Drennan, Basil St G., ed. (1970). The Keble College Centenary Register 1870 – 1970. Keble College, Oxford. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-85033-048-9.
- ^ a b "Lyell, Sir Maurice (Legat)". Who Was Who, 1920–2008. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2009.