Cecil Robert Havers (1889 - 1977)

Born 12 Nov 1889 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Cecil Havers is Notable.

• High Court Judge, particularly famous in law, also King's Counsel^[1]
• Father of Baron Havers (Queen Counsel, Lord Chancellor under Margaret Thatcher)^[2][3][1] and grandfather of another Queen's Counsel (Philip Havers) and a notable actor (Nigel Havers)
• Father of Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness; the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and first female President of the Family Division, High Court^[1][4]
• WWI: 2nd Lt., 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment^[1], retired as a Captain in 1939
• 1939 King's Counsel
• 1951 High Court Judge; knighthood
• last judge to sentence a woman to be hanged - Ruth Ellis for murder^[1][3]
• 1916 m. Enid Snelling (4 children)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Wikipedia: Cecil Havers, accessed 9 May 2018.
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Michael Havers, Baron Havers, accessed 9 May 2018.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Nigel Havers." Who Do You Think You Are? (Series 10, Episode 3). BBC One. 31 July 2013.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, accessed 9 May 2018.