Michael Mortimer Wheeler
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Michael Mortimer Wheeler QC (8 January 1915 – 7 August 1992) was a British barrister.
Early life and education
The son of
archaeologists Mortimer and Tessa Wheeler, he attended the Dragon School and Rugby School before going on to study law at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Legal career and military service
Wheeler first worked at a solicitor's office, and was
Queen's Counsel in 1961, elected a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1967, and Treasurer in 1986. He also served as a deputy High Court judge for fifteen years, before his retirement in 1986.[1]
One of Wheeler's pupils at the Bar was the Yorkshire cricketer Geoffrey Keighley; his fees were paid – in light of Wheeler's ambition that the Bar should beat the Barristers' Clerks at the annual cricket match held at the Oval – in a course of lessons under the test cricketer Alf Gover.[1]
Personal life
Wheeler married Sheila Mayou, an orthoptist, in 1939. They had two daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Wright, Robert (18 August 1992). "Obituary: Michael Wheeler". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, vol. IV, Admissions from A.D. 1957 to A.D. 1973 and Chapel Registers A.D. 1905 to A.D. 1973, Lincoln's Inn, 1981, p. 531