Michael Havers, Baron Havers
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The Right Honourable The Lord Havers PC QC |
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| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 26 October 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Mackay of Clashfern |
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Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
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In office 6 May 1979 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Samuel Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Mayhew |
| Shadow Attorney General | |
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In office 18 February 1975 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Silkin |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Howe |
| Succeeded by | Peter Archer |
| Member of Parliament for Wimbledon |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Cyril Black |
| Succeeded by | Charles Goodson-Wickes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1923 |
| Died | 1 April 1992 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Elizabeth Lay |
| Children |
Philip Nigel |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Robert Michael Oldfield Havers, Baron Havers, PC, QC (10 March 1923 – 1 April 1992) was a British barrister and Conservative politician. From his knighthood in 1972 until becoming a peer in 1987 he was known as Sir Michael Havers.
Havers was the second son of High Court Judge Sir Cecil Havers and Enid Flo Havers (née Snelling) and was the brother of Baroness Butler-Sloss (born 1933) who in 1988 became the first woman named to the Court of Appeal and later President of the Family Division.
He was educated at Westminster School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read Law.
He served during World War II with the Royal Navy. He served as a 19-year-old Midshipman on HMS Sirius attached to Force Q in the Mediterranean. On 10 September 1943, he was promoted from temporary acting sub-lieutenant to temporary sub-lieutenant. Following the end of the war, he transferred to the permanent Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during April 1947 in the rank of lieutenant seniority from 1 August 1945.
Havers was called to the bar in 1948 and undertook his pupillage in the chambers of Fred Lawton, as the pupil of Gerald Howard. Havers was named a Queen's Counsel in 1964. He was the Recorder of Dover from 1962 to 1968 and Recorder of Norwich from 1968 to 1971.
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