List of University of Oxford People in The Law - Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices

Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices

Name College Years at Oxford Notes Ref
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden Corpus Christi 1781–1784 Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1818–32
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, 1st Baron Apsley Balliol 1730– Lord Chancellor 1771–78
Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury Wadham 1814–1819 Lord Chancellor 1861–65
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill Balliol 1954– Master of the Rolls 1992–1996, Lord Chief Justice 1996–2000, Senior Law Lord 2000–2008
Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster Christ Church 1879–1882 Solicitor General 1913–15, Lord Chancellor 1915–16
John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge Balliol 1838–1843 Fellow of Exeter College 1843–1846, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1873–80, Lord Chief Justice 1880–94
Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner Magdalen –1923 Lord Chancellor 1964–70
Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury Merton 1842–1845 Lord Chancellor 1885–86, 1886–92, & 1895–1905
Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard Trinity –1898 Lord Chief Justice 1946–1958
Matthew Hale Magdalen Hall 1626–1629 Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1660–71, Lord Chief Justice 1671–76
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone Christ Church 1927–1931 Prize Fellow of All Souls 1931, Lord Chancellor 1970–74 and 1979–87
John Holt Oriel 1658– Lord Chief Justice 1689–1710
William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt New College 1903–1906 Solicitor General 1940–42, Lord Chancellor 1945–51
Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne Magdalen –1926 Lord Chancellor 1962–1964
Thomas More Oriel or Canterbury 1492-1494 Lord Chancellor 1529-1532
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Christ Church 1723–1727 Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench 1756–88
John Popham Balliol Speaker of the House of Commons 1580–83, Lord Chief Justice 1592–1607
Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn Balliol –1868 Lord Chancellor 1907–1912
John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey Jesus –1891 Lord Chancellor 1929–1935
William Scroggs Pembroke 1639–1649 Lord Chief Justice 1678–81
Gavin Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds New College 1900–1904 Lord Chancellor 1951–1954

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