George Waller (judge)
Sir George Waller | |
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Lord Justice of Appeal | |
In office 1976–1984 | |
High Court Judge | |
In office 1965–1976 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 August 1911 |
Died | 5 February 1999 | (aged 87)
Education | Oundle School |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Sir George Stanley Waller PC OBE (3 August 1911 – 5 February 1999) was a British Lord Justice of Appeal.
He was educated at Oundle School and Queens' College, Cambridge and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1934 becoming a Bencher in 1961 and Treasurer in 1978.[1] He was made a QC in 1954, a recorder from 1953 to 1965, and a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 1965 to 1976. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1976 to 1984. He played rugby union for Cambridge University R.U.F.C., gaining a blue by playing in The Varsity Match in 1932.[2]
His son is Sir Mark Waller.
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