Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel
The Lord Kilbrandon | |
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| Succeeded by | The Lord Hope of Craighead |
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| Born | Henry Shanks Keith 7 February 1920 |
| Died | 21 June 2002 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
Henry Shanks "Harry" Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1997.
Biography
The son of
called to the English Bar at Gray's Inn, where he became a bencher
in 1976.
He appointed as Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1970, succeeding David Brand.[1] He was appointed a
judicial courtesy title
Lord Keith in 1971.
On 10 January 1977, he was appointed
Privy Council. In 1996, he retired as Lord of Appeal and in 1997, he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. It was humorously said within legal circles that wherever there was a negligence case, Lord Keith would always say 'no' to damages.[citation needed
]
In 1955 he married Alison Brown; they had four sons and a daughter, Deborah. The family lived at Loch Tummel, near Pitlochry, Perthshire.
Lord Keith died in 2002.
References
- ^ "No. 18900". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 July 1970. p. 635.
- ^ "No. 47120". The London Gazette. 13 January 1977. p. 471.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- "Burkes-Peerage". Archived from the original on 4 March 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- "Lord Keith of Kinkel". The Daily Telegraph. London. 27 June 2002.
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