List of members of Gray's Inn

Part of Gray's Inn

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known simply as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. Having existed for over 600 years, members of Gray's Inn include many noted lawyers and judges, such as Francis Bacon,^[1] Baron Slynn, Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hoffmann and others. Outside the Bar and judiciary of England and Wales, members have included the clergy (including five Archbishops of Canterbury),^[2] industrialists like John Wynne, astronomers such as John Lee, media figures, like Huw Thomas,^[3] and members of the Bar and judiciary of other nations, such as Yang Ti-liang (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong) and Aitzaz Ahsan (former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan).^[4][5] As well as full members, the Inn also offers honorary membership to particularly distinguished members of society. During the Second World War, for example, both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill became honorary Benchers, and therefore members.^[6] Other than honorary members, this list only contains those individuals who were called to the Bar, not those who simply joined but left before qualifying.

Lawyers and jurists

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1540	Barham, NicholasNicholas Barham	Serjeant-at-Law who investigated and prosecuted the Ridolfi plot	[7]
1583	Ashe, ThomasThomas Ashe	legal writer and qualified barrister, although he never practised the law	[8]
1585	Finch, HenryHenry Finch	legal writer	[9]
1674	Atwood, WilliamWilliam Atwood	Lawyer and writer	[10]
1792	Bell, JohnJohn Bell	Considered the best equity barrister of his age, even though he could "neither read, write, walk, nor talk"	[11]
1916	Ambedkar, B. R.B. R. Ambedkar	Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer	[12]
1937	Hamson, JackJack Hamson	legal writer and jurist of comparative and common law, President of the International Academy of Comparative Law	[13]
1959	Bathurst, ChristopherChristopher Bathurst	English barrister with a successful practice who became a Queen's Counsel in 1978 before inheriting a hereditary peerage and joining the House of Lords	[14]
1961	Samuel Eson Johnson Ecoma	former Chief Judge of Cross River State, Nigeria.
1967	Ahsan, AitzazAitzaz Ahsan	Pakistani advocate, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan	[4]
1988	Roger Tan Kor Mee	Malaysian advocate & solicitor, former member of the Malaysian Bar Council and now a Water Commissioner of Malaysia.

Judiciary

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1342	Skipwith, WilliamWilliam Skipwith	Chief Baron of the Exchequer	[15]
1374	Gascoigne, WilliamWilliam Gascoigne	Chief Justice of the King's Bench	[16]
1420	Yelverton, WilliamWilliam Yelverton	Justice of the Court of King's Bench	[17]
1430	Billing, ThomasThomas Billing	Chief Justice of the King's Bench	[18]
1438	Markham, JohnJohn Markham	Chief Justice of the King's Bench	[19]
1448	Bryan, ThomasThomas Bryan	Chief Justice of the Common Pleas	[20]
1455	Hussey, WilliamWilliam Hussey	Chief Justice of the King's Bench	[21]
1461	Fineux, JohnJohn Fineux	Chief Justice of the King's Bench	[22]
1535	Birch, JohnJohn Birch	Baron of the Exchequer	[23]
1581	Altham, JamesJames Altham	Baron of the Exchequer	[23]
1611	Turner, TimothyTimothy Turner	Chief Justice of Chester	[24]
1614	Bankes, JohnJohn Bankes	Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and of the King's Bench	[25]
1616	Bedingfield, ThomasThomas Bedingfield	Justice of the Court of Common Pleas	[26]
1625	Widdrington, ThomasThomas Widdrington	Chief Baron of the Exchequer	[27]
1627	Bradshaw, JohnJohn Bradshaw	President of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I and first Lord President of the Council of State	[28]
1627	Archer, JohnJohn Archer	Justice of the Court of Common Pleas	[29]
1657	Powell, JohnJohn Powell	Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench	[30]
1651	Baldock, RobertRobert Baldock	Justice of the Court of King's Bench	[31]
1663	Holt, JohnJohn Holt	Lord Chief Justice	[32]
1670	Allibone, RichardRichard Allibone	Justice of the Court of King's Bench	[30]
1676	Bury, ThomasThomas Bury	Chief Baron of the Exchequer	[30]
1729	Clarke, ThomasThomas Clarke	Master of the Rolls	[33]
1792	Bayley, JohnJohn Bayley	Justice of the Court of King's Bench and Baron of the Exhequer	[34]
1827	Bacon, JamesJames Bacon	Vice Chancellor in Bankruptcy and later, by custom, Judge of the High Court of Justice	[35]
1879	Romilly, JohnJohn Romilly	Master of the Rolls	[36]
1879	Ross, JohnJohn Ross	Lord Chancellor of Ireland	[37]
1891	Atkin, JamesJames Atkin	Law Lord	[38]
1904	Akbar, Maas ThajoonMaas Thajoon Akbar	Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, Solicitor General of Sri Lanka	[39]
1904	Uthwatt, AugustusAugustus Uthwatt	Lord Justice of Appeal	[40]
1907	Hilbery, MalcolmMalcolm Hilbery	Judge of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice	[41]
1919	King, Gilbert WalterGilbert Walter King	Judge of the British Supreme Court for China	[42]
1928	Waldock, HumphreyHumphrey Waldock	Justice of the International Court of Justice	[43]
1937	Sleeman, ColinColin Sleeman	Assistant Judge Advocate General and circuit judge	[44]
1946	Jones, ElwynElwyn Jones	Lord Chancellor	[43]
1946	Vinelott, JohnJohn Vinelott	High Court Judge Chancery Division	[45]
1954	Ti-liang, YangYang Ti-liang	former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
1959	Slynn, GordonGordon Slynn	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	[46]
1959	Auld, RobinRobin Auld	Lord Justice of Appeal	[47]
1960	Campbell, AnthonyAnthony Campbell	Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland	[48]
1961	Potter, MarkMark Potter	President of the Family Division	[49][50]
1966	Banda, RichardRichard Banda	Chief Justice of the Malawi High Court, Chief Justice of the Swaziland High Court	[51]
1967	Jacob, RobinRobin Jacob	Lord Justice of Appeal	[52]
1970	Hart, MichaelMichael Hart	Judge of the Chancery Division	[53]
1972	Sher, FalakFalak Sher	Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan	[54]
1973	Dame Sawyer, JoanJoan Sawyer	First female Chief Justice of The Bahamas Supreme Court and then first female President of the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas (retired 2010)
1974	Sheil, JohnJohn Sheil	Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland	[55]

Politicians

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1355	Ashton, RobertRobert Ashton	Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer	[56]
1515	Aske, RobertRobert Aske	Politician and rebel who led the Pilgrimage of Grace	[57]
1524	Cromwell, ThomasThomas Cromwell	Chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540	[58]
1533	Bacon, NicholasNicholas Bacon	Lord Keeper of the Great Seal	[59]
1552	Yelverton, ChristopherChristopher Yelverton	Speaker of the British House of Commons	[60]
1554	Snagge, ThomasThomas Snagge	Speaker of the British House of Commons and Attorney-General for Ireland	[61]
1560	Brograve, JohnJohn Brograve	Member of Parliament for Preston, Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster	[62]
1565	Bacon, EdwardEdward Bacon	Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth and Tavistock	[63]
1582	Bacon, FrancisFrancis Bacon	Politician and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor and Attorney General	[64]
1617	Bacon, NathanielNathaniel Bacon	Member of Parliament for Ipswich	[65]
1631	Cooke, JohnJohn Cooke	Solicitor General	[66]
1644	Bennet, LevinusLevinus Bennet	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire	[67]
1648	Brodrick, WilliamWilliam Brodrick	Member of the Sealed Knot, Surveyor General of Ireland, Member of Parliament for Dungarvan in the Irish House of Commons	[68]
1658	Williams, WilliamWilliam Williams	Solicitor General and Speaker of the House of Commons	[69]
1673	Allen, ThomasThomas Allen	Lord Mayor of the City of London	[70]
1682	Pendarves, AlexanderAlexander Pendarves	Member of Parliament for Penryn, Saltash, Helston, and Launceston	[71]
1718	Williams, HughHugh Williams	Member of Parliament for Anglesey	[72]
1839	Whalley, George HammondGeorge Hammond Whalley	Member of Parliament for Peterborough	[73]
1871	Rowlands, William BowenWilliam Bowen Rowlands	Member of Parliament for Ceredigion
1894	Smith, F.E.F.E. Smith	Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State for India	[74]
1922	Fyfe, David MaxwellDavid Maxwell Fyfe	Solicitor General, Attorney General, Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary	[43]
1922	Shawcross, HartleyHartley Shawcross	Attorney General	[75]
1923	Adams, Grantley HerbertGrantley Herbert Adams	Premier of Barbados	[76]
1924	Maw, BaBa Maw	Prime Minister of Burma	[77]
1935	Jones, ElwynElwyn Jones	Attorney General, Lord Chancellor	[43]
1944	Roberts, EmrysEmrys Roberts	Member of Parliament for Merioneth	[78]
1951	Clerides, GlafcosGlafcos Clerides	Fourth President of the Republic of Cyprus	[79]
1954	Papadopoulos, TassosTassos Papadopoulos	Fifth President of the Republic of Cyprus	[79]
1959	Adams, John "Tom"John "Tom" Adams	Premier of Barbados	[80]
1959	Athulathmudali, LalithLalith Athulathmudali	Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and Minister of Education	[81]
1975	Baird, VeraVera Baird	Solicitor General for England and Wales	[82]

Clergy

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1520	Atwater, WilliamWilliam Atwater	Bishop of Lincoln	[2]
1555	Gardiner, StephenStephen Gardiner	Bishop of Winchester	[2]
1588	Bancroft, RichardRichard Bancroft	Archbishop of Canterbury	[83]
1589	Andrewes, LancelotLancelot Andrewes	Bishop of Winchester	[2]
1592	Whitgift, JohnJohn Whitgift	Archbishop of Canterbury	[83]
1615	Laud, WilliamWilliam Laud	Archbishop of Canterbury	[83]
1615	Hall, JosephJoseph Hall	Bishop of Exeter	[2]
1622	Morton, ThomasThomas Morton	Bishop of Lichfield	[2]
1623	Ussher, JamesJames Ussher	Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland	[2]
1635	Juxon, WilliamWilliam Juxon	Archbishop of Canterbury	[83]
1663	Sheldon, GilbertGilbert Sheldon	Archbishop of Canterbury	[83]

Other

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1599	Thelwall, EubuleEubule Thelwall	Principal of Jesus College, Oxford	[84]
1602	Archer, SimonSimon Archer	antiquary	[85]
1639	Beale, BartholomewBartholomew Beale	Auditor of the imprests	[86]
1669	Wynne, JohnJohn Wynne	industrialist	[87]
1841	Beckett, Gilbert Abbott àGilbert Abbott à Beckett	Humorist and police magistrate	[88]
1863	Lee, JohnJohn Lee	Astronomer	[89]
1882	Beckett, Arthur William àArthur William à Beckett	Journalist and humorist for Punch	[90]
1905	Dutt, GurusadayGurusaday Dutt	Civilian
1913	Ball, JosephJoseph Ball	Intelligence officer with M15 and first Chairman of the Conservative Research Department	[91]
1913	Phillips, Thomas WilliamsThomas Williams Phillips	Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour	[92]
1929	Sanger, SophySophy Sanger	labour law reformer and internationalist
1951	Thomas, HuwHuw Thomas	presenter for ITN News	[3]
?	Finnis, JohnJohn Finnis	legal academic and philosopher

Honorary members

Call	Name	Noted for	Notes
1590	Amy, JohnJohn Amy	Civil lawyer	[93]
1606	Barrington, FrancisFrancis Barrington	Member of Parliament for Essex	[2]
?	Churchill, WinstonWinston Churchill	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	[6]
?	Roosevelt, Franklin D.Franklin D. Roosevelt	President of the United States	[6]
2004	Ma, GeoffreyGeoffrey Ma	Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong	[6]

See also

List of members of Lincoln's Inn List of members of Middle Temple

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Further reading

• Douthwaite, William Ralph (1886). Gray's Inn, Its History & Associations. Reeves and Turner. OCLC 2578698.
• Foster, Joseph (1889). Register of admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889 together with the register of marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754. Hansard Publishing Union. OCLC 271771277.
• Foss, Edward (1870). A Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of England (1066 - 1870). Spottiswoode and Company.
• Ruda, Richard (2008), A Visitor's Guide to the four Inns of Court in Central London, Washington D.C.: American Inns of Court