Robert Wright, Baron Wright

Who was Robert Wright, Baron Wright?

Robert Alderson Wright, Baron Wright, GCMG, PC was a British judge.

At the 1923 General election, he stood as the Liberal Party candidate in the Darlington constituency. The Liberals, who had not contested the seat at the previous election, were not expected to win and he came third. He did not stand for parliament again.

On 11 April 1932, he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created additionally a life peer with the title Baron Wright, of Durley in the County of Wiltshire; however he resigned as Lord of Appeal in 1935. Wright became instead Master of the Rolls, a post he held until 1937, when he was made Lord of Appeal in Ordinary again. He retired in 1947.