Ford North

The Rt. Hon. Sir Ford North PC KC FRS FRMS (10 January 1830 – 12 October 1913), was an English lawyer and judge.

Justice Sir Ford North: "Gentle Manners." Caricature by Spy, 1887

North was born in Liverpool. He was the eldest son of John North, a solicitor, and Ellen Haworth. In 1857, he married Elizabeth William Mann.[1]

North was educated at Winchester College and then University College, Oxford. He began his legal studies at the Inner Temple in 1853, and was called to the Bar in 1856. Practising as a barrister, he was named Queen's Counsel in 1877, and was elected a bencher in 1881.[1]

He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice in 1881, and was knighted.[1][2] North was sworn in before the Lord Chancellor, Lord Selborne, at his country residence, Blackmoor, Petersfield.[3] Justice North sat originally in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, but transferred to the Chancery Division in 1883.[1] He resigned from the Court in 1900. On March 3, 1900, he was sworn to the Privy Council, which entitled him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[4]

North was predeceased by his wife in 1907.[1] He died at Laggan House, Carron, in the county of Moray, in Scotland, on October 12, 1913.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary," The Straits Times, 14 October 1913, p. 9.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette, No. 25033 p. 5353, 1 November 1881,
  3. ↑ "The New Judges," The Tablet, 5 November 1881, p. 26.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette, No. 27172, p. 1609, 9 March 1900.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette, No. 28783 p. 9372, 19 December 1913.


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