Widgery, John Passmore Widgery, Baron, 1911-1981
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found: Bloody Sunday, 1972, 2001:t.p. (Lord Widgery) t.p. verso (The Rt. Hon. Lord Widgery, OBE)
found: LC in OCLC, July 26, 2001:(hdg.: Widgery, John Passmore, Baron Widgery, 1911- )
found: 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)
found: 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)
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2001-07-26: new
2018-06-29: revised
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