Vincent Evans
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Sir Vincent Evans GCMG MBE QC |
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| Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom |
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In office 1980–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Freeland |
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| Born | 20 October 1915 London |
| Died | 18 May 2007 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Profession | Barrister |
Sir (William) Vincent John Evans GCMG MBE QC (20 October 1915 – 18 May 2007) was a British diplomat and international lawyer, who served as Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1991.
Evans was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he obtained a First Class Honours degree in Jurisprudence in 1937 and a BCL on a Cassel Scholarship from Lincoln's Inn in 1938. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1939 but joined the Army that year on the outbreak of the Second World War, becoming a Lieutenant Colonel and being appointed MBE in 1945, and was appointed Legal Advisor to the British Administration in Cyrenaica, the eastern coastal region of Libya.
Upon leaving the Army, he was appointed Assistant Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office in 1947 and was involved in drafting of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and became Legal Counsellor to the UK Permanent Mission to the UN in 1954. He left this post in 1959, at which time he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), and returned to the Foreign Officer as Legal Counsellor, being promoted to Deputy Legal Adviser in 1960 and Legal Adviser in 1968. He chaired the Council of Europe's European Committee on Legal Cooperation from 1969 to 1971, and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1970 and Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in 1976, and Queen's Counsel in 1973.
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