Sir Arnold McNair
| The Lord McNair | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 March 1885 |
| Died | 22 May 1975 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Judge of the International Court of Justice (1946-1955, president 1952-1955), President of the European Court of Human Rights (1959-1965) |
| Employer | University of Cambridge |
| Title | Whewell Professor of International Law (1935-1937) |
Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair CBE KC FBA (4 March 1885 – 22 May 1975), was a British legal scholar, university teacher, judge of the International Court of Justice and later the first president of the European Court of Human Rights.
The eldest son of John McNair of Dulwich (but originally of Paisley, Scotland) and Jeannie Ballantyne, McNair was educated at Aldenham School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read law. From 1907 to 1908 he was Secretary of Cambridge University Liberal Club, and in 1909 he was President of the Cambridge Union.
After practising as a solicitor in London, McNair returned to Cambridge in 1912 to become a fellow of his old college. He later became senior tutor. In 1917 he was called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn. McNair had taken an interest in international law from an early age, and in 1935 he was appointed Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge. However, he left this chair already in 1937 to become Vice-Chancellor of Liverpool University. He remained in Liverpool until 1945, when he returned to Cambridge to take up the position of professor of comparative law.
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