Anthony Hammond (solicitor)
Sir Anthony Hilgrove Hammond,
KCB (27 July 1940 – 24 June 2020) was a British lawyer and public servant.[1]
Early life and education
Hammond was born in India, the son of Col. Charles William Hilgrove Hammond and Jessie Eugenia Francis. He was educated at Malvern College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1962 and a Bachelor of Laws degree the following year.[2][3]
Career
Hammond was
HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor in 1997. He left the office in 2000, and then worked as a legal counsel to Hakluyt & Company until 2005. He was also Standing Counsel to the General Synod of the Church of England between 2000 and 2013.[1]
In January 2001, Hammond was appointed by the Prime Minister,
arms-to-Iraq scandal). Hammond had justified the certificates by saying that "the very nature of the work of the security and intelligence services of the crown requires secrecy if it is to be effective".[5] Hammond's report into the Hinduja scandal cleared all parties of wrong-doing, although Mandelson had already resigned from the cabinet.[6]
He died on 24 June 2020 at the age of 79.[7]
Honours and awards
Hammond was made a
Queen's Counsel in 1997 and Master of the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers for the year 2007. Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1991, he was promoted to Knight Commander in 2000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Hammond, Sir Anthony (Hilgrove)", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members (1991), p. 569.
- ^ "Timeline: Passport row", BBC News, 8 March 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Kevin Maguire, "Defender of official secrecy chosen to head inquiry", The Guardian, 27 January 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Mandelson cleared over passports affair", The Guardian, 9 March 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Hammond
