Background
DEVLIN, Baron Life Peer was born on November 25, 1905. Son of W. J. Devlin.
DEVLIN, Baron Life Peer was born on November 25, 1905. Son of W. J. Devlin.
Stonyhurst College, and Christ’s College, Cambridge.
Chairman Committee Inquiry into Dock Labour Scheme 1956, into decasualization of Dock Labour 1964, Nyasaland Inquiry Commission 1959, Inquiry into the Portuguese Transport Industry 1964-1965, into Industrial Representation 1971-1972, on Identification in Criminal Cases 1974. Chair, the Press Council 1964-1969. President British Maritime Law Association 1962-1976.
A Judge of the Administration Tribunal of International Labor Organization 1964-1986.
High Steward of Cambridge University 1966-1991. Honorary Doctor of Laws (Glasgow) 1962, (Toronto) 1962, (Cambridge, Leicester, Sussex) 1966, (Durham) 1968, (Liverpool) 1970, (Saint Louis) 1980, Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Oxford) 1965.
Judge 1979, Easing the Passing: The Trial of Doctor Adams 1985, The Jury in Two Constitutions 1988.
Married Madeleine Oppenheimer in 1932.