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The title Baron Oaksey was created in 1947 in the United Kingdom for the noted jurist Geoffrey Lawrence. He succeeded his brother as 3rd Baron Trevethin in 1959. Both the first and the second (incumbent) Baron preferred to be called Oaksey even though Trevethin has seniority.
This is a list of Barons (Lords of Parliament for Scottish peers) in the Peerages of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
The Baron Lucas of Crudwell and The Lord Dingwall (known as the Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall) ( 1663)
The Baron Sheffield, Stanley of Alderley and Eddisbury ( 1783, known as the Lord Stanley of Alderley)
Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin and 1st BaronOaksey, DSO, KC ( October 2, 1880 - August 28, 1971) was the main British Judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II, and President of the Judicial group.
After the successful conclusion of the trials, Lawrence was given a Peerage as BaronOaksey on January 13, 1947 (he also inherited the Barony of Trevethin from his brother on June 25, 1959 but was always known as Lord Oaksey).
As a senior legal figure in the House of Lords, he served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1947 and on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council until he retired in 1957.
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