Henry_Keith,_Baron_Keith_of_Kinkel
Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel
British judge and Lord of Appeal
Henry Shanks "Harry" Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, GBE, PC (7 February 1920 – 21 June 2002) was a British barrister and judge. The son of a law lord, Keith fought in the Second World War before practising at the Scottish bar. Appointed a sheriff in 1970, he became a Senator of the College of Justice the following year. In 1977, he followed in his father's footsteps when he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was Senior Law Lord from 1989 to 1996, when he retired. For his public and administrative work, he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1997.