The Rt Hon Lord Templeman, MBE, PC

    The Rt Hon Lord Templeman, MBE, PC's Biography

    Forename(s)
    Sydney William Templeman
    Sex
    Male
    Decorations
    kt (1972), MBE (1946), PC (1978)
    Date of Birth
    3/3/1920
    Foretitle(s)
    Baron (Life Peer UK 1982), of White Lackington in the County of Somerset;
    Surname
    TEMPLEMAN
    Style
    The Rt Hon Lord Templeman, MBE, PC

    The Rt Hon Lord Templeman, MBE, PC's Professional Career

    Career
    served 4/1 Gurkha Rifles NW Frontier, Arakan, Imphal and Burma 1941-46 (despatches), Hon Major; called to the Bar 1947, QC 1964, memb Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, memb Bar Cncl 1961-65, bencher Middle Temple 1969 (treas 1987), High Ct judge (Chancery) 1972-78, Lord Justice of Appeal 1978-82, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1982-94; attorney-gen Duchy Lancaster 1970-72; pres Bar Assoc for Commerce Fin & Industry 1982-86; hon fell St John's Coll Cambridge 1982; Hon DLitt Reading 1980; Hon LLD: Univ of Birmingham 1986, CNAA Huddersfield Poly 1990, Univ of Exeter 1991; Hon LLD Nat Law Sch of India Univ Bangalore 1993; visitor Univ of Essex 1990-96; hon memb Canadian & American Bar Assocs; former pres Senate of Inns of Ct and Bar

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