Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen
Sir Francis Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, of Briantspuddle in the County of Dorset QC ( born August 8, 1926) is a British lawyer who is a member since 1997 of the House of Lords.
Life
Military service, study and lawyer
Neill began in 1944 during the Second World War, his military service with the Rifle Brigade and began after the end of his term in 1947 to study Law at All Souls College, University of Oxford.
After graduating in 1951, he received his legal admission to the Bar by Gray 's Inn and subsequently worked as a lawyer. Due to his legal merits him the title of a 1966 Kronanwalts was given and he was also a 1967-1971 member of the Bar Council.
Neill, the 1971 Bencher of the Law Society of Gray 's Inn, 1972-1974 was only Vice - Warden (Sub - Warden ) of All Souls College, and then to 1975 Chairman of the Bar Council ( Bar Council ). He was also the 1974-1975 President of the Senate of the meeting within the four Inns of Court Bar Associations.
Judges and the House of Lords member
1977 he was appointed a judge of the responsible for the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey Court of Appeal ( Court of Appeal ) and he practiced these judges functions until 1994. During this time, he was also from 1977 to 1995 Warden ( Warden ) of All Souls College, 1978-1983 Chairman of the Press Council. In addition, he worked from 1978 to 1985 as the first Chairman of the Council of the securities industry and also from 1978 to 1987 as a member of the review committee of the All Souls College of Administrative Law.
Neill, who was defeated in 1983, Knight Bachelor was, then between 1985 and 1989 Vice - Chancellor of the University of Oxford and in this capacity beyond 1987 to 1990 Vice- Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellor and rectors of universities in the United Kingdom. During this time he was furthermore 1986-1987 the employed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry Commission of Inquiry into the regulations by the insurer Lloyd 's of London and in 1989 Vice - Treasurer of the Law Society of Gray's Inn Chairman, whose treasurer he followed until 1990.
Due to decades of achievements as a lawyer, judge and attorney functionary, he was raised by a Letters Patent of 28 November 1997 as a life peer with the title Baron Neill of Bladen, of Briantspuddle in the County of Dorset in the peerage. On 13 January 1998 his Introduction ( Introduction) followed as a member of the House of Lords.
Lord Neill, of the University of Buckingham since 1997 Supervisors ( Visitor ), was also from 1997 to 2001 Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life ( Committee on Standards in Public Life), an independent advisory body to the UK Government.
His son is Sir Christopher Geidt, which is since 2007 the private secretary of Queen Elizabeth II.