Lord Bingham
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The Right Honourable The Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG PC QC FBA |
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| Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 6 June 2000 – 30 September 2008 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy |
The Lord Slynn of Hadley The Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead The Lord Hoffmann |
| Preceded by | The Lord Browne-Wilkinson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers |
| 14th Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | |
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In office 4 June 1996 – 6 June 2000 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Taylor of Gosforth |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Woolf |
| Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 1 October 1992 – 4 June 1996 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Donaldson of Lymington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Woolf |
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13 October 1933 Marylebone, London, UK |
| Died | 11 September 2010 (aged 76) Boughrood, Powys, Wales |
| Nationality |
 British |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Loxley (Lady Bingham of Cornhill) |
| Relations |
Viscount Downe; Major Gerald Loxley (via wife) |
| Children | The Hon. Mrs Norman (Katie) The Hon. Harry Bingham The Hon. Kit Bingham |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Religion | Church of England |
Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, KG PC QC FBA (13 October 1933 – 11 September 2010), was an eminent British judge and jurist, who served as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and as Senior Law Lord.
After retiring from HM judiciary in 2008, Lord Bingham focused on teaching and lecturing in human rights law. His book on the The Rule of Law was published in 2010 and posthumously won the 2011 Orwell Prize for Literature. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law named the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in his honour.
Bingham was born at Marylebone in London. His parents, Thomas Henry Bingham (1901-1980) and Catherine (née Watterson; 1902–1989), practised as doctors in Reigate, Surrey. His father was born in Belfast; his mother was from California before being raised on the Isle of Man.
He was educated at The Hawthorns prep school at Bletchingley, Surrey, where he was Head Boy, and then from 1947 the Cumbrian public school Sedbergh School (Winder House), where he was described as the "brightest boy in a hundred years". He enjoyed history, took up fell-walking, and developed a strong attachment with the Church of England; he was a Head of House and a School Prefect. He won an open scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford, but first completed national service from 1952-54, as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Ulster Rifles serving in Hong Kong. He enjoyed his time in the Army and considered pursuing a military career before opting to serve in the Territorial Army for the next five years.
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