Eldon Law Scholarship
The Eldon Law Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to students from the University of Oxford who wish to study for the English Bar. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or MJur.[1] It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at £9,000 a year.[2]
History[]
The scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers.[3][4] Although the scholarship is named for Lord Eldon LC, it is not, as is often supposed, funded from his will – Lord Eldon did not in fact die until eight years after the scholarship was founded.[4] The first trustees included the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Romney and Lord Arden.[3]
Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant be a member of the Church of England. In 1963 that was downgraded to a preference, and in 1983 the requirement was dropped entirely.[3]
Past winners[]
Past winners include:[5]
- Sir Robert Herbert, first Premier of Queensland, Australia[6]
- John Conington, classical scholar (who gave up the scholarship)[7]
- Ralph Lingen, 1st Baron Lingen, civil servant.[8]
- Alfred Hazel MP[9]
- Thomas Henry Haddan, founder of The Guardian
- Alfred Barratt, philosopher
- Murray Coutts-Trotter, Chief Justice of Madras High Court
- Sir Frederick Lidell, civil servant.[10]
- Lord Asquith of Bishopstone, Law Lord
- Professor Sir Carleton Allen (1913)
- Gordon Alchin (1920), poet.[5]
- Lord Denning (1921), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls[11]
- Lord Radcliffe (1923), Law Lord
- Lord Wilberforce (1930), Law Lord.[5]
- John Morris (1933), academic[12]
- Sir James Fawcett (1935), President of the European Commission for Human Rights[13]
- Sir Wilfrid Bourne (1948), Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office
- Sir Richard Blackburn (1949), Australian judge
- Sir Christopher Slade (1950), Lord Justice of Appeal.[5]
- Ted Nugee, QC (1953)[14]
- Lord Bingham (1957), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls[15]
- Sir James Munby (1970), President of the Family Division.[5]
- Dame Sonia Proudman (1973), High Court judge.[5]
- Sir Stephen Tomlinson (1974), Lord Justice of Appeal[5]
- Gabriel Moss QC (1975), barrister.[5]
- Nicholas Hamblen (1982), Justice of the UK Supreme Court[16]
- Sir Christopher Nugee (1984), High Court judge.[5]
- Lord Sales, Philip Sales (1986) Justice of the UK Supreme Court.[5]
- Sir Christopher Butcher (1987), High Court judge.[5]
- Sir David Foxton (1989), High Court judge.[5]
- Dame Sarah Cockerill (1990), High Court judge and Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court.[5][17]
- Sir Martin Chamberlain (1997), High Court judge.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Eldon Law Scholarship" (PDF). Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Eldon Law Scholarship 2019" (PDF). University of Oxford, Law Faculty. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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- ^ "HAZEL, Alfred Ernest William (d. 1944)". Who Was Who (subscription access). A&C Black (Publishers) Ltd. January 2007. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
- ^ "LIDDELL, Sir Frederick Francis", in Who Was Who (Online ed.). A & C Black. 2007.
- ^ Freeman, Iris (1993). Lord Denning – A Life. Random House. ISBN 0-09-174594-2.
- ^ Guenter Treitel. "In Memoriam: Dr J C H Morris". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ ‘FAWCETT, Sir James (Edmund Sandford)’, Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2008; online ed. by Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 15 January 2012
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