Baron Birkett
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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)
- William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett (1883–1962)
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett (1929–2015)
- Thomas Birkett, 3rd Baron Birkett (b. 1982)[4]
Notes
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- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41299. p. 690. 31 January 1958.
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- ↑ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage
- ↑ www.mallinsons.com
