Background
ROSKILL, Eustace Wentworth Roskill was born on February 6, 1911. Parents: the late John Roskill, KC and the late Sybil Mary Wentworth.
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Eustace Wentworth Roskill ROSKILL
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Winchester College, (exhibitioner). Exeter College, Oxford, (exhibitioner).
Career
DL, Hants., 1972; member. House of Lords, since 1980. Law Lord; called to Bar, Middle Temple 1933.
Worked at Mins, of Shipping and War Transport, 1939-1945. Justice of the Peace, Hants., 1950. Queen's Counsel 1953.
Chairman, Hants. Quarter-Sessions, 1960-1971. Judge of High Court, Queen’s Bench Div., 1962-1971. Vice-Chairman, Parole Board, 1967-1969.
Chairman, Third London Airport Commission, 1968-1970. Lord Justice of Appeal, 1971-1980. President, Senate of the Four Inns of Court, 1972-1974.
Treasurer, Middle Temple, 1980. A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1980-1986. Fellow, Winchester College, 198186.
Chairman, Fraud Trials Committee, 1983-1985. Chairman, Take-over Panel Appeal Committee, since 1987.
Membership
Clubs: Reform Club.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Elisabeth Wallace Jackson, 1947. Children: one son, two d.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Independent