Stafford Crossman
Sir Stafford Crossman | |
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| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 1934–1941 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederic Maugham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Stafford Crossman |
| Died | Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Education | Winchester College New College, Oxford |
Sir Charles Stafford Crossman (8 December 1870 – 1 January 1941) was an English barrister and
Biography
The third son of Dr Edward Crossman, MD, Crossman was educated at Winchester College, where he was a scholar, and New College, Oxford, where was a scholar and where he took first-class honours in honour moderations and literae humaniores, in addition of winning the Hertford scholarship in 1890. After Oxford, he returned to Winchester as an assistant master for a year.
He was called the bar by
In 1934, while still at the
The Labour politician Tam Dalyell wrote that Crossman was "perhaps the most distinguished, if driest, Chancery Judge of his generation".[3] Less fulsomely, his obituary in The Times described his law on the Bench as sound and his manner courteous and pleasant.[1]
Personal life
Crossman married Helen Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of chemicals manufacturer David Howard, DL, in 1902; they had three sons and three daughters. The Labour politician Richard Crossman was his son. Another son, Flying Officer Thomas Edward Crossman, was killed on active service in May 1940.[5]
Although a Conservative politically, Crossman was a close friend of future Labour prime minister Clement Attlee.[6] Richard Crossman was later apt to ascribe Attlee's suspicion of him to the fact that he caused his father distress by becoming a socialist.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Mr Justice Crossman". The Times. 4 January 1941.
- ^ a b "Mr Justice Crossman". Law Journal: 30. 18 January 1941.
- ^ Dalyell, Tam (7 August 1975). "Westminster Scene: Process of Law". New Scientist: 337.
- ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Ec13 Crossman, C". Baz Manning. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Flying Officer T. E. S. Crossman". The Times. 3 June 1940. p. 9.
- ^ Honeyman, Victoria (2007). Richard Crossman and the Welfare State: Pioneer of Welfare Provision and Labour Politics in Post-War Britain. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 17.
- ^ "Mr R. H. S. Crossman". The Times. 6 April 1974.