Michael Kerr (judge)
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Sir Michael Kerr | |
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Born | Michael Robert Emanuel Kerr 1 March 1921 |
Died | 14 April 2002 | (aged 81)
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Spouses | Julia Braddock
(m. 1952; div. 1982)Diana Sneezum
(m. 1983) |
Children | 5 |
Parents |
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Battles/wars | |
Awards | 1939-1945 Star
Atlantic Star Defence Medal 1939-1945 War Medal |
Sir Michael Robert Emanuel Kerr (1 March 1921 – 14 April 2002) was a German-born British jurist, author, lawyer and High Court of Justice judge. He had been told, he said, that he was England's first "foreign-born judge" in 800 years, but he was careful neither to confirm nor to refute that suggestion.[1]
Life and career
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Michael Kerr was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, the son of the composer-musician Julia Anna Franziska (née Weismann) and the drama critic
Kerr and his family were forced to leave their homeland at the end of the Weimar Republic by the emergence of the Nazi Party. After 1933, the Kerr family lived in Switzerland, France and finally the United Kingdom, as noted in the work of Judith Kerr. His experience as an immigrant allowed him to perfect skills in not only German but also French and English.
Sponsored by a friend of his father, Kerr was educated at
Kerr was beginning his studies at
After the war, he returned to Cambridge to study law and became a
Kerr married Julia Braddock in 1953 and had three children: Candy, Jo and Tim born in 1954, 1956 and 1958. The couple separated in 1977, but since Julia did not agree to the divorce, he had to wait the statutory five years.[4] Tim was appointed to the High Court in 2015.
Kerr married Diana Sneezum on 29 January 1983 and had two children: Lucy in 1984[5] and Alexander in 1987.[6] They remained happily married until Kerr's death in 2002.
In his autobiography As Far As I Remember he tells about his family, also reflected in books by his sister such as
Publication
- As Far As I Remember. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland/Oregon 2002, ISBN 1-901362-87-6
Arms
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References
- Cretney, S. M. "Kerr, Sir Michael Robert Emanuel". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76844. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Daily Telegraph, London. 23 April 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ISBN 1-84113-565-8.
- ISBN 1-84113-565-8.
- ISBN 1-84113-565-8.
- ISBN 1-84113-565-8.
- ISBN 1-84113-565-8.
- ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Wd33 Kerr, M". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2020.