Alan King-Hamilton

Judge

1904 – 2010

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Who was Alan King-Hamilton?

Myer Alan Barry King-Hamilton QC was a British barrister and judge who was best known for hearing numerous high-profile cases at the Old Bailey during the 1960s and 1970s. These included the trial of Janie Jones in 1974 and the 1977 blasphemous libel trial against Gay News and its editor, Denis Lemon, for publishing "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name", a controversial poem by James Kirkup.

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Born
Dec 9, 1904
West Hampstead
Religion
  • Judaism
Profession
Education
  • Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Died
Mar 23, 2010

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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