Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington

Robert John Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington, of Waddington in the County of York PC ( * February 25, 1857 in Alford, Lincolnshire, † July 12, 1918 in Haslemere, Waverley, Surrey ) was a British lawyer who most recently as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary because of the Appellate jurisdiction Act as a life peer was also a member of the House of Lords in 1876.

Life

Parker, son of a clergyman completed, after the visit of Eton College studying law at King's College, University of Cambridge and received his legal approval in 1883 of the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Lincoln 's Inn. He then began working as a barrister and in 1900 was legal counsel (Junior Counsel ) of the Treasury (HM Treasury).

In 1906 he became a judge at the Chamber for Economic Affairs ( Chancery Division ) to the Commissioner for England and Wales High Court of Justice, and held this office of judge until 1913. At the same time he was defeated in 1906 Knight Bachelor and led since then the additional name "Sir".

Last Parker was appointed by Letters Patent of March 4, 1913 due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a Life Peer with the title Baron Parker of Waddington of Waddington in the County of York as a member of the House of Lords to the nobility and worked until his death in 1918 as Lord Justice (Lord of Appeal in Ordinary). In addition, 1913 was his appointment as Privy Councillor.

From his marriage with Constance Barkley total of five children, the youngest of which Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington was, who worked as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and thus also as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary least 1958-1971.