Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
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The Right Honourable The Lord Woolf CH PC FBA FMedSci |
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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, 2015
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| Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
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In office 6 June 2000 – 2005 |
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| Deputy | The Lord Judge |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers |
| Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 4 June 1996 – 6 June 2000 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Bingham of Cornhill |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 1 October 1992 – 4 June 1996 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Ackner |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hutton |
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2 May 1933 Newcastle, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Marguerite Sassoon |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Judaism |
Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf CH PC FBA FMedSci (Chinese: 伍爾夫; born 2 May 1933), was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales. He was a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 2003 to 2012.
He now sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
Woolf was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, on 2 May 1933, to Alexander Susman Woolf and his wife Leah (née Cussins). His grandfather Harry was a naturalised Briton of Polish or Russian Jewish origins. His father had been a fine art dealer, but was persuaded to run his own building business instead by his wife. They had four children, but their first child died, and his mother was protective of the three surviving children. Woolf lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne until he was about five years old, when his family moved to Glasgow, Scotland and he then went to Fettes College, an Edinburgh public school, where he mostly enjoyed his time and had supportive friends.
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