The Right Honourable Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG, PC (born 13 October 1933), is one of the most senior judges in the United Kingdom. Prior to his elevation to the judiciary, he practised from Fountain Court Chambers in London. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The judiciary, also referred to as the judicature, consists of the system of courts of law for the administration of justice and to its principals, the justices, judges and magistrates among other types of adjudicators. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,500,000 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...

As the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1996 to 2000, Bingham was (for those regions of the UK) the highest-ranking judge in regular courtroom service; he was personally responsible for adding "of Wales" to the office's title. 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. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2000 he moved to the House of Lords, the country's highest court of appeal, as the "Senior" Law Lord (although he had not been one before); he was succeeded as Lord Chief Justice by Lord Woolf, who had likewise succeeded him in 1996 as Master of the Rolls. This article is about the year 2000. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 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. ... Henry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC (born May 2, 1933), retired as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, on October 1, 2005. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain traditionally being first and the Lord Chief Justice second. ...

He is an advocate of reorganization of the British court system, and under present Government proposals his title would become President of the Supreme Court, a new high court divorced from the House of Lords. As the new system explicitly names the Lord Chief Justice as the head of the judiciary, it may be that Lord Bingham of Cornhill will once again find himself at least nominally subordinate to his former job.

In 2005, he was created a Knight of the Garter, an honour in the personal gift of the Queen and one only rarely conferred on judges. He received the title along with Mary Soames, Baroness Soames and John Major. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ... The Right Honourable Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, LG, DBE, MBE (born 15 September 1922) is the widow of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames. ... The Right Honourable Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United...

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• His own unofficial website