Background
ROSKILL, Baron was born on February 6, 1911 in London. Son of late John Henry Roskill, Knights of Columbus, and Sybil Mary Wentworth (Dilke) Roskill.
ROSKILL, Baron was born on February 6, 1911 in London. Son of late John Henry Roskill, Knights of Columbus, and Sybil Mary Wentworth (Dilke) Roskill.
Winchester College, Exeter College, Oxford.
Chairman Hampshire Quarter Sessions 1960-1971, Judge of High Court (Queen"s Bench Division) 1962-1971. Vice-chairman Parole Board 1967-1969, Lord Justice of Appeal 1971-1980, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1980-1986. President Senate of Four Inns of Court 1972-1974.
Treasure Middle Temple 1980.
Honorary Bencher, Inner Temple 1980. Chairman Third London Airport Commission 1968-1970, London Institute Arbitration Trust Limited. since 1981, Fraud Trials Committee 1983-1985, Appeal Committee Panel on Takeover and Mergers since 1987.
Honorary Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford 1963. Fellow Winchester College 1981-1986.
Married Elisabeth Wallace Jackson in 1947.