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The Right Honourable Sir Donald Bruce Murray (born January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Events 41 - Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. 1438 - Pope Eugenius IV was suspended by...
January 24, 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany...
1923) was a Lord Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland. Born in This article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. See also: Belfast (disambiguation). Belfast is the largest city in Northern Ireland, with a population of 277,391. It is located at the mouth of the sea lough , Belfast Lough, and bounded to the north by the Antrim Hills...
Belfast, he was educated at Belfast Royal Academy is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school situated in north Belfast. It currently has approximately 1400 pupils. The School was founded in 1785 by Dr. Crombie in Academy Street and is the oldest school in Belfast. It moved to its current location on the Cliftonville Road...
Belfast Royal Academy and the Queen's University of Belfast as well as The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. Trinity is located on College Green in Dublin...
Trinity College Dublin. In England and Wales, barristers (i.e., lawyers who are licensed to argue cases in court, as opposed to those licensed only for other forms of legal practice) are those who have been called to the bar or to have received a call to the bar. In Canada the same...
Called to the Bar in 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of...
1945, he that same year became assistant parliamentary draftsman to the The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. It was subsequently abolished under the Constitution of Northern Ireland Act, 1973. The Parliament of Northern Ireland was...
Government of Northern Ireland, a post he held until becoming assistant lecturer in Law at Queen's University in Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage...
1951. In 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D...
1953, Murray was called to the Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. It has a land border with the Republic of Ireland in the island of Ireland and is otherwise bounded by sea. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles) in the north-east...
Northern Ireland Bar, and twelve years later he was admitted to the province's Inner Bar, becoming a bencher of the The Inns of Court, in London, are where barristers train and practice. Several centuries ago the inns of court were any of a fair number of public houses where barristers met to do business (inn being perhaps the most common term for a pub/bar in England at the time...
Inn of Court in 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 - British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements...
1971. Between 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. Events January January 2 - the Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the...
1972 and 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). Events January January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in...
1975 he chaired the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland, and from 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16...
1976 to 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the...
1984 he was deputy chairman of the country's In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. There is one Boundary Commission each for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Commissions conduct a review once in eight to twelve years. There are four members of each Commission...
Boundary Commission. Having been appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland in 1975, Murray was made a judge of the Restrictive Practices Court in 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. Events Environmental change Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite is found in the US October 15 - Hurricane force winds cause extensive damage in southern England. January January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999...
1987, receiving a The dignity of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It refers to someone who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organized Orders of Chivalry. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight, existing during the...
knighthood the following year. In 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead...
1989, he was appointed to the province's Supreme Court, and was admitted to the This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. See also Privy Council (disambiguation). Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Formerly, the Council was a powerful institution, but is now largely ceremonial. Most of its power is held by one...
Privy Council. He retired in 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. January 3 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and...
1993, and three years later received the An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. Usually it is given, amidst great pomp, as...
honorary degree of Legum Doctor (English: Doctor of Laws; abbreviated to LL.D.) In the UK the LL.D. is a higher doctorate awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications, containing significant and original contributions to the science or study of law. The LL.D. may also be awarded as...
Doctor of Laws from his This page includes English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations such as i.e.. Some of these are themselves translations from Greek. For a list of more formal proverbs, see: List of Latin proverbs. Note that the difference between phrases and proverbs is often subjective. Please use this test...
alma mater Queen's University. He and Lady Murray, whom he married in 1953, have three grown up children. |