Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene
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The Right Honourable The Lord Greene OBE MC PC |
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| Master of the Rolls | |
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In office 26 April 1937 – 1 June 1949 |
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| Preceded by | The Lord Wright |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Evershed |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Wilfred Arthur Greene 30 December 1883 Beckenham, Kent |
| Died |
16 April 1952 (aged 68) Dorking, Surrey |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Wright |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Profession | Barrister, judge |
Wilfred Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene OBE MC PC (30 December 1883 – 16 April 1952) was a British lawyer and judge, noted for creating two crucial principles of administrative law, the Wednesbury doctrine and the Carltona doctrine.
Greene was educated at Westminster College London, England. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1906 with a BA; he had the reputation of being "a formidable scholar". He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1908 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law. He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1912 with an Oxbridge MA. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 2/1st Battalion,Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918. He was decorated with the award of the MC in 1918. He was decorated with the award of Cavaliere, Order of the Crown of Italy. He was decorated with the award of Croix de guerre. He was invested with an OBE in 1919. [1]
Greene was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1935 to 1937. He served as Master of the Rolls between 1937 and 1949, and subsequently became a Law Lord. On 16 July 1941 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Greene, of Holmbury St Mary in the County of Surrey. The title became extinct on his death in April 1952, aged 68.
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