Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin

Barrister, Noble person

1905 – 1992

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Who was Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin?

Patrick Arthur Devlin, Baron Devlin, PC was a British lawyer, judge and jurist. He wrote a report on Britain's involvement in Nyasaland in 1959. In 1985 he became the first British judge to write a book about a case he had presided over, the 1957 trial of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams.

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Born
Nov 25, 1905
Chislehurst
Also known as
  • Patrick Baron Devlin
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Christ's College, Cambridge
Died
Aug 9, 1992

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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