The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iola Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett

Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin and 1st Baron Oaksey (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. Download high resolution version (1082x762, 46 KB)Judges from the Nuremberg trial. ... Download high resolution version (1082x762, 46 KB)Judges from the Nuremberg trial. ... Categories: Stub | Nuremberg Trials | 1885 births | 1958 deaths ... The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iola Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886–October 4, 1968) was a judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. He was the primary American judge during the proceedings. ... The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iola Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fedorovich Volchkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Волчко́в) was a judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. He was the alternate Soviet judge during the proceedings. ... The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iona Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett Major-General Iona Timofeevich Nikitchenko (Russian: Иона Тимофеевич Никитченко) (1895 - April 22, 1967) was a judge of the Soviet Union. ... (William) Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett (September 6, 1883 - February 10, 1962) was a noted British Barrister and judge who served as the alternate British Judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. Norman Birkett KC MP in 1930 Norman Birkett was a native of Ulverston near Barrow-in... October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... A judge or justice is an appointed or elected official who presides over a court. ... Nuremberg Trials - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ...

The Lawrence family came from Builth Wells in Radnorshire. Geoffrey Lawrence was the youngest son of Lord Trevethin, briefly Lord Chief Justice of England in 1921-22. He attended Haileybury (where Clement Attlee was his junior) and New College, Oxford. Radnorshire is known in Welsh as Sir Faesyfed and is an inland traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, E. by Herefordshire, S. and SW. by Brecknockshire and W. by Cardiganshire. ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... Haileybury College is an English public school founded in 1862. ... Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH (January 3, 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

Lawrence was called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1906, and later joined the chambers of Robert Finlay. The chambers specialised in taking appeal cases to the highest courts - the House of Lords for domestic cases, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for appeals from the Dominions and Colonies. Finlay came to rely on Lawrence, although for cases from Canada, Lawrence acted as lead counsel with Finlay as junior. The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, GCMG (July 11, 1842) - (March 9, 1929) was a British lawyer and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

During World War I he served in France with the Royal Artillery; he was mentioned in despatches twice and awarded membership of the Distinguished Service Order in 1918. After the end of the war he continued in membership of the Territorial Army until 1937. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments. ... Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

On returning to the Bar Lawrence continued to take cases to the Privy Council. An interest in horses, inherited from his father, led to his appointment as Attorney for the Jockey Club from 1922. Soon after he was appointed as Recorder of Oxford, a part-time judicial job. The Jockey Club is responsible for the day-to-day regulation of United Kingdom horse-racing. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1927 Lawrence was made a King's Counsel and appointed Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). With this appointment came membership of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall. Lawrence served in this capacity until, in 1932, he was appointed as a Judge of the King's Bench Division. With this appointment came the customary Knighthood. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Queens Counsel ( postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of lawyers. ... His Majesty King Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor, formerly Wettin), later His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was the second British monarch of the House of Windsor. ... The Standard of the Duke of Cornwall. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

As a Judge, Lawrence tended to keep out of the limelight by neither issuing sensational judgments nor drawing attention to himself personally. When Lord Goddard was chosen as a Law Lord, Lawrence succeeded him as a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1944. Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 1946-1958 Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (April 10, 1877 - May 29, 1971) was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1946 to 1958 and known for his heavy sentencing and reactionary views. ... The House of Lords, in addition to having a legislative function, has a judicial function as a court of last resort within the United Kingdom. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was chosen as an experienced Judge to be the lead to Norman Birkett in the British delegation to the Judicial group in the Nuremberg trials, though not (as some thought) arising out of his friendship with Attlee who was by then Prime Minister. He was then elected as President of all the Judges, more through the lack of enemies than any other factor. His conduct of the trials was praised by many of those involved who appreciated his striving to understand the relevance of each piece of evidence, and willingness to stop long-winded counsel. (William) Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett (September 6, 1883 - February 10, 1962) was a noted British Barrister and judge who served as the alternate British Judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. Norman Birkett KC MP in 1930 Norman Birkett was a native of Ulverston near Barrow-in... Nuremberg Trials - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Lawrence was not an exceptional legal talent but won acclaim for writing a very clear Judgment that expressed the moral sense of the Court's conclusions. After the successful conclusion of the trials, Lawrence was given a Peerage as Baron Oaksey 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). The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Lawrence had a country estate in Wiltshire where he bred championship Guernsey cattle. His son is a well known amateur jockey and now horse racing journalist; he too only uses the title Lord Oaksey. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

Judges of the Nuremberg Trials
	Geoffrey Lawrence (president)	Norman Birkett (alternate)
	Francis Biddle (judge)	John Parker (alternate)
	Henri de Vabres (judge)	Robert Falco (alternate)
	Iona Nikitchenko (judge)	Alexander Volchkov (alternate)

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Baron Trevethin is a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... The title Baron Oaksey was created in 1947 in the United Kingdom for the noted jurist Geoffrey Lawrence. ...