Background
BRIGHTMAN, John Anson Brightman. Knight was born on June 20, 1911 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire. Son of William Henry Brightman and Minnie Boston (nee Way) Brightman.
BRIGHTMAN, John Anson Brightman. Knight was born on June 20, 1911 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire. Son of William Henry Brightman and Minnie Boston (nee Way) Brightman.
Marlborough College, Street John"s College, Cambridge.
PC, since 1979; House of Lords, since 1982. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1982-1986. Chairman, Select Committee on Parochial and Small Charities, 1983-1984.
Chairman, Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, 1983-1986. Chairman, Select Committee on Abortion, 1986-1988. Chairman, Select Committee on Bristol Urban Development.
Chairman, Select Committee on Spitalfields Market, 1989. Chairman, Select Committee on British Waterways, 1991. Barrister, 1932-1970.
Able seaman, merchant navy, 1939-1940. Lieut.- Commander, RNVR, 1940-1946. Member. Bar Council, 1956-1960, 1966-1970.
Queen's Counsel, 1961-1970. Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn, 1966. Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1969-1970.
Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1970-1979. Judge of National Industrial Relations Court, 1971-1974. Lord Justice of Court of Appeal, 1979-1982.
Church of England
General Council of the Bar 1956-1960, 1966-1970.
Spouse Roxane Brightman (née Ambatielo), 1945. Children: one s.
