Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell
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The Right Honourable The Lord Carswell PC QC |
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| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
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In office 12 January 2004 – 28 June 2009 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Brian Hutton |
| Succeeded by | Sir Brian Kerr |
| Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland | |
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In office 1997–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Brian Hutton |
| Succeeded by | Sir Brian Kerr |
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Lord Justice of Appeal Supreme Court of Judicature Northern Ireland |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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High Court of Justice Northern Ireland |
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In office 1984–1993 |
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| Senior Crown Counsel Northern Ireland |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Attorney General for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 1970–1971 |
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Robert Douglas Carswell 28 June 1934 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Romayne Ferris (m. 1961) |
| Children | Catherine Patricia |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Judge |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Anglican |
Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell, PC, QC (born 28 June 1934), is a retired Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
The son of Alan and Nance Carswell was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in classics and law in 1956. Two years later he graduated from the University of Chicago's Law School with a Doctor of Jurisprudence.
Carswell was Counsel to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland in the years 1970 and 1971, and Senior Crown Counsel in Northern Ireland from 1979 to 1984. In 1984, he became Judge of the High Court of Justice Northern Ireland, a post he held until 1993. He was Lord Justice of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland from 1993 to 1997 and further Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2004. Lord Carswell was made a Queen's Counsel in 1971.
Carswell became a Privy Counsellor in 1993. He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary as Baron Carswell, of Killeen in the County of Down on 12 January 2004, having been knighted in 1988. He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher.
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