Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington
Jeremy Nicolas Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington,
Education
Hutchinson was educated at
Career
Hutchinson was
He led the defence of director Michael Bogdanov in 1982 against a charge of gross indecency in the play The Romans in Britain by Howard Brenton. The private prosecution by Christian morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse was defeated when the chief witness against Bogdanov, Whitehouse's solicitor, Graham Ross-Cornes, revealed under cross-examination that he had been sitting at the back of the theatre when he saw what was claimed to be a penis.[6] The prosecution withdrew after Hutchinson demonstrated that Ross-Cornes could have witnessed the actor's thumb protruding from his fist and the case was ended after the Attorney-General entered a nolle prosequi.[7]
Hutchinson was a member of the Committee on Immigration Appeals and of the Committee on Identification Procedures. Hutchinson was vice-chairman of the
Personal life
Hutchinson was married first to actress Peggy Ashcroft, between 1940 and 1965, with whom he had two children:[12][13]
- Hon Eliza Hutchinson (born 1941)
- Hon Nicholas St John Hutchinson (born 1946)
He had six grandchildren including Emily Loizeau.
He later married June Osborn; she died on 26 September 2006.[14]
In October 2013, Hutchinson appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. His musical choices were: "Don't Have any More Missus Moore," by Lily Morris, "Dance of the Miller's Wife" from The Three-Cornered Hat by de Falla, "Tea for Two" by Teddy Wilson, "Ah Dite alla giovine" by Giuseppe Verdi, "The Rumble" from West Side Story, the Andante from Piano concerto in C major by Mozart, "L'autre bout du Monde" by Emily Loizeau and the Sonata Opus 110 by Beethoven.[15]
Hutchinson lived in Sussex and London.[16] He celebrated his hundredth birthday on 28 March 2015.[17] He died on 13 November 2017, at the age of 102.[18]
References
- ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (Kelly's Directories, 2000), p. 869.
- ^ "Colonel John Hutchinson, Owthorpe". Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ "Lord Hutchinson of Lullington, QC". 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-444-79973-6.
- ^ a b Nairne, Sandy (6 August 2011). "From the National Gallery to Dr No's lair". The Guardian.
- ^ Mark Lawson "Passion play", The Guardian, 28 October 2005
- ISBN 978-0-09-958191-8.
- ^ "No. 47536". The London Gazette. 18 May 1978. p. 5983.
- ^ "Former Archbishop of York retires from House of Lords". The Press. 3 October 2011.
- ^ "House of Lords, Official Website - Who is the oldest sitting Member of the House of Lords?". Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ Patterson, Stephanie (2 August 2015). "The Crime Writer's chronicle". Blogger - Sunday, 2 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
Baron Hutchinson is still alive, at 100
- ^ Robertson, Geoffrey (13 November 2017). "Lord Hutchinson of Lullington obituary". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ The Peerage, entry for Lord Hutchinson of Lullington
- ^ "Daily Telegraph Obituary - Lady Hutchinson of Lullington". Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Jeremy Hutchinson". bbc.co.uk. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ "Lord Jeremy Hutchinson QC - United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk.
- ^ Rayment, Leigh (29 March 2015). "Peerage Records". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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