| LC control no. | no2001059049 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Widgery, John Passmore Widgery, Baron, 1911-1981 |
| Variant(s) | Widgery, Lord, 1911-1981 |
| Birth date | 1911-07-24 |
| Death date | 1981-07-26 |
| Place of birth | South Molton (England) |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Lord Chief Justice of England |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | Bloody Sunday, 1972, 2001: t.p. (Lord Widgery) t.p. verso (The Rt. Hon. Lord Widgery, OBE) LC in OCLC, July 26, 2001: (hdg.: Widgery, John Passmore, Baron Widgery, 1911- ) Who's Who online ed., 20 July 2010 (Baron Widgery, Lord Chief Justice of England, 1971-80; born John Passmore Widgery 24 July 1911, died 26 July 1981) Wikipedia, 28 June 2018 (John Widgery, Baron Widgery; John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery; born 24 July 1911 in South Molton, Devon, England; died 26 July 1981; English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1971 to 1980; principally noted for presiding over the Widgery Tribunal on the events of Bloody Sunday; admitted as a solicitor in 1933 after serving as an articled clerk, but instead of going into practice, he joined Gibson and Welldon, a well-known firm of law tutors; became a barrister in 1946; became a high court judge in 1961; created a life peer in 1971 taking the title Baron Widgery, of South Molton in the County of Devon) |
| Associated language | eng |
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