Background
NEILL, Francis Patrick. Kt. was born on August 8, 1926. Son of late Sir Thomas and Annie Strachan (nee Bishop) Neill.
NEILL, Francis Patrick. Kt. was born on August 8, 1926. Son of late Sir Thomas and Annie Strachan (nee Bishop) Neill.
Highgate School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Served with Rifle Brigade 1944-1947. G.S.O. Ill (Training). British Troops Egypt 1947.
Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn 1951. Judge of the Court of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey since 1977. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford 1950-1977, Sub-Warden 1972-1974, Warden since 1977.
Vice-Chancellor Oxford University 1985-1989. Chairman, Justice—All Souls Committee Review of Administration Law 1978-1987, Press Council 83, Council for Securities Industry 1978-1985. Chairman 1973-1974, Chairman 1974-1975.
Chairman Senate of the Inns of Court and the Bar 1974-1975. Director Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd. since 1988. Honorary Fellow Magdalen College, Oxford since 1988.
Honorary Professor, of Legal Ethics, Birmingham University 1983-1984. Honorary D.C.L. (Oxford) 1987, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Hull).
DTI Committee of Inquiry into Regulatory Arrangements at Lloyds 1986-1987. Bar Council 1967-1971.
Married Caroline Susan Debenham in 1954.