Alfred Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin
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The Right Honourable The Lord Trevethin PC, KC, DL |
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| 6th Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
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In office 15 April 1921 – 2 March 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Reading |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hewart |
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| Born | 24 November 1843 Pontypool, Monmouthshire United Kingdom |
| Died | 3 August 1936 (aged 92) Builth, Brecknockshire United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Judge |
Alfred Tristram Lawrence, 1st Baron Trevethin PC DL (24 November 1843 – 3 August 1936) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1921 to 1922.
Lawrence was the eldest son of David Lawrence, a surgeon, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Morgan Williams. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1869. He established a successful legal practice although he did not become a Queen's Counsel until 1897. Lawrence was recorder for the Royal Borough of Windsor from 1885 to 1904, when he was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division).
In 1912, styled Justice A.T. Lawrence, he establish the legality of the football league's retain-and-transfer system with his judgement in the Kingaby case. Former Aston Villa player Herbert Kingaby had brought legal proceedings against his old club for preventing him from playing. Erroneous strategy by Kingaby's counsel resulted in the suit being dismissed.
In April 1921, aged 77, he was made Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He was admitted to the Privy Council at the same time and in August of the same year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Trevethin, of Blaengawney in the County of Monmouth. However, he only remained Lord Chief Justice until March 1922, when he resigned.
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