Lord Lane
5th Sep 2005, 14:25 GMT
Geoffrey Dawson Lane, judge: born 17 July 1918; called to the Bar, Gray's Inn 1946, Bencher 1966; Deputy Chairman, Bedfordshire Quarter Sessions 1960-66; QC 1962; Recorder of Bedford 1963-66; Kt 1966; a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division 1966-74; Member of the Parole Board 1970-72, Vice-Chairman 1972; PC 1974; a Lord Justice of Appeal 1974-79; created 1979 Baron Lane; a Lord Justice of Appeal in Ordinary 1979-80; Honorary Bencher, Inner Temple 1980; Lord Chief Justice of England 1980-92; Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge 1981; married 1944 Jan Macdonald (one son); died 22 August 2005.
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