Lords of Appeal, informally called Law Lords, were members of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords. The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 allowed life peers to be appointed to the upper house for the specific purpose of serving on the committee, and they were called Lords of Appeal in Ordinary. The committee was reconstituted as the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and many incumbent law lords were co-opted. Later-appointed justices have Lord or Lady as a courtesy title.
The coats of arms of many law lords, along with those of other senior judicial officeholders, are displayed on the walls and windows of Lincoln's Inn.[1] [2] They are also recorded in various editions of Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench.
| Arms | Name of Lord (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-1887Escutcheon: Argent on a pale Sable three stags' heads erased Argent. Crest: A stag's head erased as in the arms. | ||
| align=center | Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-1879No arms known | ||
| align=center | William Watson, Baron Watson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1880-1899Escutcheon: Or an oak tree Proper growing out of a mount in base Vert surmounted of a fess Ermine charged with two mullets Azure. Crest: The stump of an oak tree with two branches sprouting from it and grasped on either side by a hand issuing from a cloud all Proper. Supporters: Dexter a highland deerhound Proper; sinister a lion Argent, each charged on the shoulder with a thistle slipped and leaved Proper. Motto: A Deo Floruit[3] | ||
| align=center | John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1882-1889Escutcheon: Ermine a mascle Or over all a saltire Gules. | ||
| align=center | Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1887-1910Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent a cubit arm issuing from the sinister proper the hand grasping a cross crosslet fitchy Azure 2nd & 3rd Argent a tower Gules all within a border Ermine an escutcheon of pretence Argent on a chief indented Azure three martlets Or. Crest: A tower Gules. Supporters: Two roebucks Proper each gorged with a double chain Or pendant therefrom an escutcheon Azure charged with two fasces in saltire Or. Motto: I Hope In God[4] | ||
| align=center | Michael Morris, Baron Morris (later Baron Killanin), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1889-1900Escutcheon: Ermine a fess indented Sable in base a lion rampant of the last armed and langued Gules. Crest: On a fasces Proper a lion’s head erased Argent gutté de sang. Motto: Si Deus Nobiscum Quis Contra Nos[5] | ||
| align=center | James Hannen, Baron Hannen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1891-1893No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1893-1894No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1894Escutcheon: Argent a lion rampant Gules on a chief Sable three escallops of the field the whole within a bordure engrailed Vert. Crest: A goat passant Argent armed Or charged on the body with three trefoils slipped fesswise Vert. Supporters: Dexter a goat Or semée of trefoils slipped Vert and gorged with a collar gemel Gules, sinister a Lion reguardant Or semée of escallops Gules and gorged with a like collar. Motto: Che Sera Sera (What Will Be Will Be) | ||
| align=center | Horace Davey, Baron Davey, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1894-1907Escutcheon: Ermine a chevron Sable between three mullets pierced Gules in the centre chief point a balance Or. Crest: A demi-lion Proper holding between the paws a mullet pierced Gules and supporting under the sinister paw a sword point downwards also Proper hilt and pommel Or. Supporters: On either side a lion gorged with a double chain Gold therefrom pendent a mullet pierced Gules each holding in the paw a sword erect also Proper hilt and pommel Or. Motto: J’Essayerai (What Will Be Will Be)[6] | ||
| align=center | James Robertson, Baron Robertson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1899-1909Escutcheon: Gules a fess Ermine between two wolves' heads erased in chief and a banner displayed in base Argent thereon a canton Azure charged with a saltire of the third. Crest: A dexter arm erect Proper charged with an Ermine spot the hand holding an Imperial crown also Proper. Supporters: On either side a wolf Argent charged on the shoulder with a thistle and standing on a fasces both Proper. Motto: Virtutis Gloria Merces (Glory Is The Recompense Of Valour) | ||
| align=center | Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1900-1905Escutcheon: Argent on a chief nebuly Azure a quatrefoil between two griffin’s heads erased Argent. Crest: In front of a pelican in her piety Argent vulning herself Proper and charged with a pheon point downwards Or three quatrefoils fesswise Or. Supporters: Dexter a Griffin wings elevated Argent standing on a fasces Proper, sinister a pelican wings elevated Argent vulning herself and standing on a fasces Proper. Motto: Sis Fortis (May You Be Brave) |
| Arms | Name of Lord (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1905-1928Escutcheon: Per pale Gules and Argent an eagle displayed with two heads counterchanged on a chief engrailed Ermine a rose proper between two martlets Or. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed Or holding in its beak a Fleur-de-lis per pale Gules and Argent. Supporters: Dexter a figure of Justice proper vested Argent semée of fleurs-de-lis Gules, sinister an eagle proper gorged with a collar flory counter flory and pendent therefrom a Portcullis Or. | ||
| align=center | Richard Collins, Baron Collins, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1907-1910No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Thomas Shaw, Baron Shaw (later Baron Craigmyle), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1909-1929Escutcheon: Ermine a fir tree growing out of a mount in base Proper between two piles Azure issuing from a chief Gules charged with a scroll Argent with seal pendant Proper. Crest: A demi-savage holding in his dexter hand a club resting on his shoulder Proper. Motto: Misericordia Fidelitas Jus (Mercy Fidelity Right)[7] |
| Arms | Name of Lord (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | William Robson, Baron Robson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1910-1912Blazon not available. Tinctures unknown. Motto: Fac Et Spera[8] | ||
| align=center | John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1912-1921Escutcheon: Gules four bars per pale Argent and Or two flaunches of the third each charged with a sun of the field. Crest: Upon a mount a lamb statant Proper holding in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert the whole between four ears of wheat stalked and leaved two on either side also Proper. | ||
| align=center | Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1913-1918Blazon not available. | ||
| align=center | John Hamilton, Baron Sumner (later Viscount Sumner), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1913-1930Escutcheon: Ermine a chevron interlaced with another reversed between three cinquefoils Gules. Crest: A deer hound's head couped at the neck Argent charged with two chevrons as in the arms. Motto: Loi Et Loyaute | ||
| align=center | Andrew Murray, 1st Baron Dunedin (later Viscount Dunedin), Lord of Appeal 1913-1932Motto: Macte Virtute[9] | ||
| align=center | George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, Lord of Appeal 1918-1922Escutcheon: Or fretty Azure a cross moline within a bordure nebuly Gules on a chief of the last two greyhounds' heads erased of the first. Crest: A greyhound sejant Or pellettée, resting the dexter leg on a cross moline Gules. Motto: Cave Deus Videt (Beware God Sees)[10] | ||
| align=center | Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1921-1929Crest: An elephant statant supporting with the trunk a fasces Or.Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron couped Gules between three crescents Sable two fasces chevronwise Or.Motto: Dum Spiro Spero[11] | ||
| align=center | Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1923-1937Escutcheon: Per saltire Or and Gules a rose counterchanged in base a martlet Sable on a chief indented also Sable three covered cups Or. Crest: An armed leg couped at the thigh proper garnished and spurred Or. Supporters: Dexter the figure of St Blane, sinister an Ermine both Proper standing upon a mount set with thistles. Motto: Celer Et Audax (Quick And Bold)[12] | ||
| align=center | James Atkin, Baron Atkin, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1928-1944No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Thomas Tomlin, Baron Tomlin, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1929-1935Escutcheon: Argent on a fess between three battle axes Sable three dexter hands Proper. Crest: In front of two battle axes in saltire Proper a hand as in the arms. Supporters: Two lions Purpure each charged with a fascis erect Or. Motto: Aidons Nous Mutuellement[13] | ||
| align=center | Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1929-1946Escutcheon: Argent a lion rampant Gules on a chief Sable three escallops of the field the whole within a bordure engrailed Vert. Crest: A goat passant Argent armed Or charged on the body with three trefoils slipped fesswise Vert. Supporters: Dexter a goat Or semée of trefoils slipped Vert and gorged with a collar gemel Gules, sinister a Lion reguardant Or semée of escallops Gules and gorged with a like collar. Motto: Che Sera Sera (What Will Be Will Be) | ||
| align=center | William Watson, Baron Thankerton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1929-1948No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1930-1939No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Robert Wright, Baron Wright, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1932-1935 and 1937-1947Escutcheon: Azure on a fess between three eagles' heads couped Or a pale between two fleurs-de-lis of the first the pale charged with a fleur-de-lis of the second. Crest: In front of a demi-dragon Or the wings semée of fleur-de-lis Azure a fasces fesswise Sable. Supporters: On either side a pegasus Argent the wings Or semée of fleurs-de-lis Azure. Motto: Mens Aequa[14] | ||
| align=center | Frederic Maugham, Baron Maugham (later Viscount Maugham), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1935-1938 and 1939-1941Motto: In Finem Perseverans[15] | ||
| align=center | Adair Roche, Baron Roche, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1935-1938No arms known. |
No Lords of Appeal were appointed during Edward VIII's short reign.
| Arms | Name of Lord (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Mark Romer, Baron Romer, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1938-1944Escutcheon: Or on a base Vert a man in armour visor raised on the helmet Proper a plume Gules Argent and Azure holding in the dexter gauntlet a halbert Proper headed Or about the waist a sword belt Gules pendant therefrom a sword hilted Or the scabbard Gules garnished Or a crescent in dexter chief for difference Azure. Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a demi man in armour as in the arms. Motto: Agere Aut Pati Fortiter Romanum Est | ||
| align=center | Gavin Simonds, Baron Simonds (later Viscount Simonds), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1944-1951 and 1954-1962Escutcheon: Tierced in pall Azure Gules and Vert three trefoils slipped Or. Crest: An ermine Proper resting the sinister paw upon the astronomical sign of Taurus Sable and holding in the mouth a trefoil slipped Or. Supporters: On either side an ermine Proper each charged on the shoulder the dexter with an hop leaf and the sinister with a bezant. Motto: Simplex Munditiis | ||
| align=center | Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1944-1946No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1946-1949Escutcheon: Argent on a bend cotised Sable three pierced mullets of the field. Crest: A stag's Head erased Argent. Motto: Lux In Tenebris | ||
| align=center | Herbert du Parcq, Baron du Parcq, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1946-1949No arms known. | ||
| align=center | John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1947-1951No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Wilfrid Normand, Baron Normand, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1947-1953No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (later Baron Trevethin), Lord of Appeal 1947-1957Escutcheon: Per chevron Argent and Gules two crosses raguly in chief of the last and a lamb in base holding with the dexter foreleg a banner and staff all of the first the banner charged with a cross couped Azure. Crest: A dragon's head erased Sable between two bugle horns counter-embowed Or. Supporters: On either side a dragon Sable winged and charged on the shoulder with a fasces Or. Motto: Pur Fel Dur | ||
| align=center | Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1947-1959Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron engrailed Azure between three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper as many mill-rinds Or. Crest: An eagle wings addorsed Sable gorged with a collar flory-counterflory and resting the dexter claw on a mill-rind Or. Motto: Mort On Se Reveille | ||
| align=center | James Reid, Baron Reid, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1948-1975No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene, Lord of Appeal 1949-1950No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Cyril Radcliffe, Baron Radcliffe (later Viscount Radcliffe), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1949-1964Escutcheon: Ermine four bendlets engrailed Sable. Crest: Issuant from a tower Or a bull's head Ermines. Supporters: On either side a black labrador retriever Proper. Motto: Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) | ||
| align=center | James Tucker, Baron Tucker, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1950-1961No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1951-1954Escutcheon: Sable on a fess between three crosses crosslet Argent a portcullis of the field. Crest: Issuant out of clouds Proper a mascle Gules. Motto: Sine Macula Macla (Spotless) | ||
| align=center | Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1951-1960Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron Gules cottised Azure between two roses of the second barbed and seeded Proper in chief and a buck's head couped also Proper in base three Annulets Or. Crest: A buck's head couped Argent armed Or gorged with a wreath of oak proper and charged with four barrulets Gules in the mouth a rose of the last slipped also Proper. Supporters: Dexter a pegasus Argent, sinister a lion Or each charged on the shoulder with hurt thereon a mill-rind Gold. |
| Arms | Name of Lord (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1953-1961No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1954-1960Escutcheon: Azure three lozenges in fess Or each charged with a mullet of the field accompanied by seven cross crosslets of the second four in chief and three in base all within bordure Ermine for difference. Crest: A wheel Or upon it a dragon Vert spouting flames Proper. Supporters: On either side a wyvern Vert spouting flames Proper charged on the shoulder with a wheel Or. | ||
| align=center | Tom Denning, Baron Denning, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1957-1962Escutcheon: Per bend Or and Gules a fess wavy between two lions’ heads erased in chief and a lion’s head affronty in base all counterchanged. Crest: Out of a cap of maintenance Gules turned up Ermine a cubit arm vested and holding in the glove Argent a roll of parchment Proper. Supporters: Dexter Judge Mansfield in his wig sinister Judge Coke in his cap both gowned and holding in their exterior hands a roll of parchment Proper. Motto: Fiat Justitia | ||
| align=center | David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1959-1963Escutcheon: Paly of six Gules and Ermine an orle of leeks Or. Crest: Issuant from a circlet of lotus flowers and leaves Proper a lion passant Or. Supporters: Dexter a wyvern Argent, sinister a dragon Gules. Motto: Non Sine Jure | ||
| align=center | John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1960-1973No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1960-1971No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Christopher Guest, Baron Guest, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1961-1971No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1961-1964No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Edward Pearce, Baron Pearce, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1962-1969Motto: Humani Nil Alienum[16] | ||
| align=center | Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed, Lord of Appeal 1962-1965Motto: Sic Itur Ad Astra[17] | ||
| align=center | Gerald Upjohn, Baron Upjohn, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1963-1971Escutcheon: Sable a fess between in chief two lion's heads erased and in base as many leeks in saltire Or. Crest: A stork Proper holding in the beak a balance Or. Motto: Quid Quid Agis Age Toto | ||
| align=center | Terence Donovan, Baron Donovan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1964-1971Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Ermine an open book proper bound and edged Or. Crest: A grenade Sable fired proper winged Azure. Supporters: On a compartment on either side upon the stock of a tree sprouting a peregrine falcon rising Proper. | ||
| align=center | Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1964-1982No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Colin Pearson, Baron Pearson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1965-1974No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1968-1985Escutcheon: Gules a quintain Argent garnished and with a crossbeam and targe double chained towards the base and padlocked Or a border Ermine. Crest: A demi horse Argent crined and unglued Or supporting a pair of keys interlaced at the bows wards downwards and outwards the dexter Argent the sinister Or. Supporters: On a compartment of ploughed land between pasture within a hedgerow interspersed with paling all Proper dexter a fox hound sinister a fox both Proper. Motto: Celeriter Ac Diligenter | ||
| align=center | Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, Lord of Appeal 1969-1980Escutcheon: Sable on a cross Argent quarter pierced of the field four eagles displayed of the first.[18] | ||
| align=center | Geoffrey Cross, Baron Cross of Chelsea, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1971-1977No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1971-1977Escutcheon: Per saltire Sable and Ermine a pair of scales Or between in fess two roses Argent barbed and seeded Proper and in pale two crescents Ermine. Crest: A cock's head erased Azure combed and wattled Gules between two palm branches Vert holding in the beak two roses Argent clipped leaved barbed and seeded Proper. Supporters: Dexter a man habited in the robes of a Doctor of Civil Law in the University of Cambridge Proper and holding in his dexter hand a book Or, sinister a man habited in the robes of President of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court Proper. Motto: Si Monent Tubae Paratus (If The Trumpets Sound Be Ready) | ||
| align=center | Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1971-1977No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Cyril Salmon, Baron Salmon, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1972-1980Escutcheon: Per chevron Gules and Ermine in chief two horses forcene Argent in base a sword erect Gules pommel and hilt Or a chief Or. | ||
| align=center | Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1974-1981Escutcheon: Argent a tree eradicated proper fructed Gules a border nebuly Sable.Crest: A long bottomed wig Argent. Supporters: Dexter a dragon Gules, sinister a griffin Or both resting their inner feet on a Celtic cross Argent. Motto: Anelan Uchel | ||
| align=center | Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Tullybelton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1975-1985No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Charles Ritchie Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1975-1982Escutcheon: Argent a lion rampant Gules on a chief Sable three escallops of the field the whole within a bordure engrailed Vert. Crest: A goat passant Argent armed Or charged on the body with three trefoils slipped fesswise Vert. Supporters: Dexter a goat Or semée of trefoils slipped Vert and gorged with a collar gemel Gules, sinister a Lion reguardant Or semée of escallops Gules and gorged with a like collar. Motto: Che Sera Sera (What Will Be Will Be) | ||
| align=center | Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1977-1996No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1977-1986No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1979-1980No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Eustace Roskill, Baron Roskill, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1980-1986Escutcheon: Gules a lion rampant quarterly Argent and Or in chief two green woodpeckers respectant Proper. | ||
| align=center | Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1980-1992Escutcheon: Azure issuant from the centre of a bar wavy of water Proper in the nombril point of a bridge of three arches embattled Argent masoned Sable the whole between as many sealions naiant guardant and each crowned with a mural crown Gold. Crest: An eagle rising proper the beak Or holding therein a sprig of lilac also Proper. Supporters: Dexter a winged horse in trian aspect Argent hooved Or resting the dexter hoof upon a portcullis chained also Or, sinister a sealion in trian aspect all Argent resting the sinister forepaw on a portcullis chained Gold. Compartment: A grassy mount growing therefrom on a rose Gules barbed stalked and leaved proper another rose Argent barbed and seeded also Proper between on the dexter a rose Argent and on the sinister a rose Gules both barbed seeded stalked and leaved Proper on the sinister side of the mount a flat rock Proper. Motto: Me Juvat Ire Per Altem (I Rejoice In Treading The High Path) | ||
| align=center | Henry Brandon, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1981-1991No arms known. | ||
| align=center | John Brightman, Baron Brightman, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1982-1986Escutcheon: Per fess wavy Azure and Argent in chief two dolphins naiant Or and in base the stern of a man of war of circa 1805 Proper. Crest: A herring gull statant wings elevated and addorsed Proper supporting with the dexter foot a rose Gules barbed and seeded Proper. Supporters: Two otters each on a grassy mount encircled by water proper and collared with a crown rayonny Gold. Motto: Steer A True Course[19] | ||
| align=center | Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1982-1994Escutcheon: Per pale Azure and Gules a fess raguly between a lion passant in chief and in base a fleur-de-lys bourgeonny Gold. Crest: An eagle Or beaked and legged and wings displayed Gules gorged with a coronet its finials of roses also Gules and supporting by the dexter claw a kukri erect with the point of the blade outwards Proper. Supporters: Dexter a cock pheasant sinister a hen pheasant both guardant and in the beak of each a grain of wheat Proper.[20] | ||
| align=center | Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1985-1993No arms known. | ||
| align=center | James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern†, Lord of Appeal 1985-1987Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron Argent between two bears' heads couped Argent muzzled Gules in chief and a fleece Argent in base a roebuck's head erased between two hands grasping daggers the points turned towards the buck's head all Proper. Crest: A dexter arm couped at the elbow Proper the hand grasping a pair of balances Or. Supporters: Dexter a male figure attired in the robes of the Lord High Chancellor, sinister a male figure attired in the Robes of one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law in Scotland Proper. Motto: Manu Justi (With The Hand Of A Just Man) | ||
| align=center | Desmond Ackner, Baron Ackner, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1986-1993Escutcheon: Sable in fess issuant from a barrulet wavy Azure fimbriated Argent a representation of the bridge of Clare College Cambridge Proper the whole between two whales spouting naiant counter naiant Gold. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Or and Sable a short-eared owl Proper crowned Or supporting with the dexter claw a clarion Azure. Supporters: Two otters each holding in the mouth a trout Gold the compartment comprising a river bank with bulrushes growing therefrom Proper. Motto: Non Servimus Justitiae Silendo | ||
| align=center | Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1986-1998Escutcheon: Azure a chevron between in chief two fleur-de-lis and in base a lion rampant Or. Crest: A squirrel sejant Proper. Motto: Fier Sans Tache[21] | ||
| align=center | Peter Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1986-1992Escutcheon: Per chevron Gules and Vert in chief two crosses moline Or and in base a chaplet of olive also Or a bordure Ermine. Crest: Within a crown pallisado Or a grassy mount thereon a representation of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist at Aylmerton Proper issuing therefrom a cubit arm Proper holding a crescent Ermine. Supporters: Dexter a lion Purpure the dexter paw in a mail gauntlet Argent, sinister an American bald-headed eagle holding in the dexter claw a quill pen all Proper. Motto: Trwy Weithred Y Dysgir | ||
| align=center | Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1988-1996Escutcheon: Or three chevronels engrailed Gules in chief two lions rampant and respectant of the second. Crest: An arm embowed in armour Argent holding in the gauntlet Or a battle-axe in fess also Argent the forearm environed of a wreath of laurel Vert. Supporters: Dexter a lion Gules gorged of a collar Or charged with a chevronel engrailed Gules, sinister a buck Proper attired collared and chained Or the collar charged with a chevronel engrailed Gules. Motto: Virtute Majorum | ||
| align=center | Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry†, Lord of Appeal 1988-1994No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Nick Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1991-2000No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1992-1997No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1992-2002Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron Gules between three leopards' heads proper as many garbs Or. On a chief Azure three saltires couped Argent. Crest: Within a crest coronet Or a tawny owl holding in the dexter claw a quill erect Proper the leg ringed Or. Motto: Conari Intellegere | ||
| align=center | Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1992-1996Escutcheon: Per pale Sable and Argent per fess indented of two points downwards counter¬changed three harps the pillar of each terminating in the head neck and wings of a Pegasus in the Sable Or in the Argent Sable. Crest: Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Sable a wolf sejant erect Sable gorged with a plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Or and grasping in the dexter forepaw a sword erect Argent hilt pommel and quillons Or. Supporters: On the dexter a wolf Or gorged with a plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Sable and grasping in the interior forepaw a sword bendwise Argent hilt pommel and quillons Sable on the sinister a wolf Sable gorged with a plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back Or and grasping in the interior forepaw a sword bendwise sinister Argent hilt pommel and quillons Or. Motto: For Family And Justice | ||
| align=center | Tony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1993-1998Escutcheon: Per fess Gules and Or a pale per fess and a fess per fess in chief an escallop between two hedgehogs and in base a hedgehog between two escallops all counter-changed. Crest: A hedgehog Gules spined Or holding in the dexter paw an ostrich plume erect Proper. Motto: Nisi Dominus (Only The Lord) | ||
| align=center | Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1994-1998Escutcheon: Gules between six Ermine spots Or two bars wavy couped composed of two troughs and a wave invected of one point on the upper edge and engrailed of one point on the lower edge Argent in chief a like bar also Argent. Crest: A lamb statant guardant Argent nimbed and unguled Or supporting with the sinister forefoot over the shoulder a celtic long cross Gules. Supporters: On either side a llama Argent charged with a fess Gules.[22] | ||
| align=center | Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1994-2007Escutcheon: Sable two bars each between two cotises set on the outer edge with birch leaves Or. Crest: A demi-mole Sable holding between the paws a daffodil slipped and leaved Or. Supporters: On either side a cormorant wings displayed and inverted Sable beaked and legged Or. Motto: Let Equity Prevail | ||
| align=center | Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1995-2005No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1995-2009No arms known. | ||
| align=center | David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead†, Lord of Appeal 1996-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2013Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron Or between three bezants a bay leaf between two quill pens Vert. Crest: A broken terrestrial sphere Proper charged with an anchor Gules surrounded by a rainbow Proper. Motto: Spes Non Est Fracta (My Hope is Not Broken) | ||
| align=center | James Clyde, Baron Clyde, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1996-2009Escutcheon: Per fess Argent and Azure a fess wavy per fess wavy Azure and Argent two bushes upon mounds Vert in chief and a tower Or window and port Gules in base. Crest: Issuant from a mount Vert a tree with three branches one of mountain ash one of beech and one of cherry Proper. Supporter: Dexter the figure of Justice without blindfold and holding in her exterior hand a pair of scales all Proper, sinister the figure of Apollo holding in his exterior hand a lyre all Proper. Motto: Diligens Integer Laetus (Hard-Working Honourable Happy) | ||
| align=center | Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1997-2004No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Mark Saville, Baron Saville of Newdigate, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1997-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2010No arms known. | ||
| align=center | John Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1998-2004No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Peter Millett, Baron Millett, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1998-2004Escutcheon: Per pale Sable and Argent a crescent per pale Ermine and Ermines interlaced with two arrows in saltire heads downwards per pale Argent and Sable within eight billets in orle counterchanged. Crest: On a millrind fesswise an eagle displayed Sable armed and legged Gules and breathing flames Proper. Motto: The Greek for, ‘Know Thyself.’.[23] | ||
| align=center | Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1999-2000 and 2008-2009, Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2012Escutcheon: Azure a fess Ermine between three ammonites Argent ribbed Sable. Crest: On a rock of fossil limestone Proper a leopard sejant Argent spotted Azure grasping with the dexter forepaw a curtana Argent hilt pommel and quillons Azure. Supporters: On either side a Curlew Proper. | ||
| align=center | Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill†, Lord of Appeal 2000-2008Escutcheon: Per pale Or and Vert per chevron three ears of corn slipped and leaved all counterchanged. Crest: A griffin sejant erect Vert beaked and holding with both forefeet a key wards upwards and outwards Or. Supporters: On either side a running duck that on the dexter Vert beaked and legged Or and that on the sinister Or beaked and legged Vert. Motto: Pro Tanto Quid Retrisuamus | ||
| align=center | Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2000-2009No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry†, Lord of Appeal 2001-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2011No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2002-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2013Escutcheon: Argent on a chevron between three dragons’ heads couped sable as many crescents Or. Crest: Issuing from flames Or a dragon’s head sable gorged with an eastern crown Or. Supporters: Two ostriches reguardant proper beaked headed legged and holding in the beaks an ear of wheat slipped and leaved Or. Motto: Mentem Mortalia Tangunt (Mortal Affairs Touch The Mind)[24] | ||
| align=center | Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lady of Appeal in Ordinary 2004-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2020Escutcheon: Gules two scrolls in saltire Argent banded crosswise Vert attached thereto four seals in cross Or all between four towers crenellations outwards Argent. Supporters: Two frogs Vert crowned Or. Motto: Omnia Feminae Aequissimae (Everything To The Most Just Woman)[25] | ||
| align=center | Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2004-2009No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2004-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2012No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2005-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2018No arms known. | ||
| align=center | David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2007-2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2012-2017No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2011No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 2009 and Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2020Escutcheon: Paly of six Sable and Argent four swords interlaced in fret the points of two in chief and the points of two in base Or. Crest: A hare sejant Sable supporting with the dexter forefoot a harp Or. Supporters: On both sides a sea horse Argent finned maned and gorged with plain collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back terminating in a ring Or. Motto: Familia Semper Amicitia[26] |
| Arms | Name of Justice (including peerage title, if any) and heraldic blazon | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony†, Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2017Escutcheon: Or on a fess between three griffin's heads erased Gules a lion passant guardant dimidiating the hulk of an ancient ship Or. Crest: Emerging from rosemary foliage Proper a griffin's head erased and holding in the beak Gules a key in bend sinister the ward downwards Or. Motto: Festina Lente (Diligently But Not Hurriedly) | ||
| align=center | John Dyson, Lord Dyson, Justice of the Supreme Court 2010-2012Note: Based on a sketch by his grandson Justin, involving "white roses of Yorkshire, stars of David, piano keys and mountains".[27] | ||
| align=center | Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth, Justice of the Supreme Court 2011-2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, Justice of the Supreme Court 2012-2018No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Robert Reed, Lord Reed (later Baron Reed of Allermuir†), Justice of the Supreme Court since 2012No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill, Justice of the Supreme Court 2012-2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Anthony Hughes, Lord Hughes of Ombersley, Justice of the Supreme Court 2013-2018No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Roger Toulson, Lord Toulson, Justice of the Supreme Court 2013-2016No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2013No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Jill Black, Lady Black of Derwent, Justice of the Supreme Court 2017-2021No arms known. | ||
| align=center | David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2017No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Michael Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2017Motto: E Colloquiis Sapientia[28] | ||
| align=center | Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall (also Baroness Mance by marriage), Justice of the Supreme Court 2018-2022Escutcheon: Gules three crosses crosslet fitchy Or a chief Or the brissure of a woman in chief Gules. Motto: Patientia Vinces[29] | ||
| align=center | David Kitchin, Lord Kitchin, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2018No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Philip Sales, Lord Sales, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2019Escutcheon: Per chevron Or and Azure in chief two stacks of three closed books Argent bound Azure garnished and in base three bees one and two volant Or. Crest: Statant upon a balance Sable the pans Or an owl guardant also Or beaked and legged Gules holding in the dexter foot a sprig of oak Vert fructed Or. Motto: Semper Persat Sales[30] | ||
| align=center | Nicholas Hamblen, Lord Hamblen of Kersey, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2020Escutcheon: Azure on a bend cotised Argent between two estoiles Or five water bougets bendwise alternate to the sinster and dexter Azure. Crest: Within a circle of estoiles Azure a demi lion Or grasping between the paws a branch of oak Azure leaves Or. Motto: Sapiens Judicio Constans Consilio[31] | ||
| align=center | George Leggatt, Lord Leggatt, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Andrew Burrows, Lord Burrows, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Ben Stephens, Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2020No arms known. | ||
| align=center | Vivien Rose, Lady Rose of Colmworth, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2021No arms known. | ||
| align=center | David Richards, Lord Richards of Camberwell, Justice of the Supreme Court since 2022No arms known. |
†Ennobled in pursuance of the Life Peerages Act 1958.