Lord Donaldson of Lymington
5th Sep 2005, 14:25 GMT
John Francis Donaldson, judge: born 6 October 1920; called to the Bar, Middle Temple 1946, Harmsworth Law Scholar 1946, Bencher 1966, Treasurer 1986; councillor, Croydon Borough Council 1949-53; Junior Counsel to Registrar of Restrictive Trading Agreements 1959-61; QC 1961; Deputy Chairman, Hampshire Quarter Sessions 1961-66; Kt 1966; Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division 1966-79; President, National Industrial Relations Court 1971-74; PC 1979; a Lord Justice of Appeal 1979-82; President, British Maritime Law Association 1979-95; Master of the Rolls 1982-92; President, Council of the Inns of Court 1987-90; created 1988 Baron Donaldson of Lymington; Chairman, Financial Law Panel 1992-2002; Chairman, Inquiry into Prevention of Pollution from Merchant Shipping 1993-94; President, Parliamentary Maritime Group 2003-05; married 1945 Mary Warwick (GBE 1983, died 2003; one son, two daughters); died Lymington, Hampshire 31 August 2005.
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