Tony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Lloyd of Berwick
Office:Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Term Start:1 October 1993
Term End:31 December 1998
Predecessor:The Lord Griffiths
Successor:The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
Birth Date:9 May 1929
Birthname:Anthony John Leslie Lloyd
Education:Eton College
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation:Judge
Profession:Law
Serviceyears:1948–1953

Anthony John Leslie Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, (called Tony;[1] born 9 May 1929) is a retired British judge, and a former member of the House of Lords.[2]

Early life and education

Lloyd was born on 9 May 1929,[3] the son of Edward John Boydell Lloyd and Leslie Johnston Fleming. He was educated at Eton College, where he was a King's Scholar. After serving in the British Army, Lloyd studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the Inner Temple as a barrister in 1955.[4]

Military service

On 27 November 1948, Lloyd was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant. On 27 September 1949, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant with seniority from 1 January 1949; this ended his full-time military service. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 August 1950. He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 December 1953.

Career

Lloyd was a barrister and "took silk" as a Queen's Counsel in 1967. In 1969 he was appointed Attorney-General to the Prince of Wales, serving until 1977. In 1978, he was appointed High Court Judge of Queen's Bench, serving until 1983. In 1984, he was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal, serving until 1993, and made a Privy Counsellor.[4] From 1985 to 1992 he was the Interception of Communications Commissioner. On 1 October 1993, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (a "Law Lord"), serving until his resignation on 31 December 1998.[5] He was the leading judgment in the case of Page v Smith (1995).

In 1993 he wrote a letter in support of Bishop Peter Ball, who was later convicted of child sexual abuse.[6] He chaired the special committee on the proposed Speakership of the House of Lords. In 1996, he conducted a review of British laws against terrorism; his report, Inquiry Into Legislation Against Terrorism, was issued in October 1996. He is a former member of the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved. In 2005 he became chairman of the parliamentary Ecclesiastical Committee which examines draft measures presented to it by the Legislative Committee of the General Synod of the Church of England.[7] On 27 March 2015, he retired from the House of Lords.

Honours

When appointed to Queen's Bench in 1978, he was made a Knight Bachelor. When appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1993, he was raised to the House of Lords with the title Baron Lloyd of Berwick, of Ludlay in the County of East Sussex.[4] He held the office of deputy lieutenant (D.L.) of East Sussex in 1983. As a leading barrister, he held several honorary posts at the Inner Temple: Bencher in 1976, Reader in 1998 and 1999, and Treasurer in 1999.[4]

Personal life

In 1960, he married Jane Helen Violet Shelford, the daughter of Cornelius William Shelford.[4]

Arms

Coronet:Coronet of a Baron
Escutcheon: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)

Notes and References

  1. http://lordsoftheblog.net/2015/05/06/losing-members-of-the-house/ Lords of the Blog – Losing members of the House
  2. Web site: Anthony John Leslie Lloyd LLOYD OF BERWICK . https://archive.today/20140427022744/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/1439/Anthony-John-Leslie-Lloyd-LLOYD-OF-BERWICK . dead . 27 April 2014 . Debretts . 27 April 2014 .
  3. News: Birthday's today. https://web.archive.org/web/20130509002842/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-5-9.html . dead . 9 May 2013 . The Telegraph. 27 April 2014. 9 May 2013. Lord Lloyd of Berwick, a former Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 84.
  4. Burke's Peerage 2003, page 2374
  5. Web site: Beamish. David. Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876–2009. Peerages. 27 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Anglican Church Case Studies: Chichester/Peter Ball Investigation Report . May 2019. Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse . 25 June 2019 .
  7. http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-archive/ecclesiastical-committee/ecclesiastical-committee-members/ Ecclesiastical Committee members