Baron_Birkett

Baron Birkett

Baron Birkett

Barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Baron Birkett, of Ulverston in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a hereditary title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 31 January 1958 for the prominent lawyer Sir Norman Birkett. He was one of the British judges at the Nuremberg Trials who later served as a Lord Justice of Appeal before becoming a Law Lord.[2]

On 3 April 2015, the title devolved upon Norman Birkett's grandson who became the third Baron, succeeding his father.[3]

Barons Birkett (1958)

There is no heir to the title.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "No. 41299". The London Gazette. 31 January 1958. p. 690.
  2. [2]
    Mosley, Charles (ed.) (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th edn. London: Burke's Peerage & Gentry Ltd. p. 380 (BIRKETT, B). ISBN 0-9711966-2-1. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. [3]
    Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
  4. [4]
    www.mallinsons.com

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