Gershon Ellenbogen

Background

Ellenbogen was born Gershon Katzenellenbogen in Liverpool, the son of Max Katzenellenbogen and Gertrude Hamburg.

Career

He was notable for his contribution to the well known and much used legal reference work the Constitutional Laws of Great Britain. He served six years in the R.A.F. as an Flight-Lieutenant in the Intelligence Branch, serving in Europe and the Middle East, being posted to Cairo in 1943. He was called to the Bar.

He was a Bacon scholar of Gray"s Inn, and a Barstow scholar of the Inns of Court.

He was an author and lecturer on legal matters, as well as a practising barrister on the Northern Circuit. He wrote English Arbitration Practice and co-authored Questions and Answers on Constitutional Law and Legal History in 1950.

In 1952, following an invitation from Owen Hood Phillips he undertook a major revision of Chalmers and Hood Phillips Constitutional Laws of Great Britain. The reference work was widely regarded as the fullest modern exposition of the law on this subject.

He was a frequent contributor to The Times, writing on legal matters.

He was Liberal candidate for the new Southgate division of Middlesex at the 1950 General Election, finishing third;

He did not stand for parliament again.

Achievements

• He won a First Class in the Classical Tripos, then read Moral Sciences for two years and Law for one year.

Connections

Friend:

Alan Turing