Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth

Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth, PC ( born May 1, 1930; † 28 April 1997) was dated 27 April 1992 to 4 June 1996, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

Taylor in 1954 was appointed to the legal profession in 1980 as a judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal in 1988. His name became known to a wider public, as he was appointed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to head a commission of inquiry that deal with the incidents of the Hillsborough disaster should deal in 1989. The Taylor Report, as the Commission's final report was called, meant that the were standing in converted seats in the stadiums and the Absperrzäune were removed to the seating areas around. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to the Lord Chief Justice. He was raised as Baron Taylor of Gosforth, of Embleton in the County of Northumberland, for Life Peer in 1992.

In 1996 he was for health reasons on his office. He died a year later.

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  • Lord Justice
  • Judges (England and Wales)
  • Life peer
  • Member of the House of Lords
  • Briton
  • Born in 1930
  • Died in 1997
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  • Politicians ( 20th century)
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