The Eldon Law Scholarship is a scholarship awarded to students from the University of Oxford who wish to study for the English Bar. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or MJur.[1] It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at £9,000 a year.[2]
History
editThe scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers.[3][4] Although the scholarship is named after Lord Eldon LC, it is not funded from his will – Lord Eldon did not in fact die until eight years after the scholarship was founded.[4] The first trustees included the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Romney and Lord Arden.[3]
Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant be a member of the Church of England. In 1963 that was downgraded to a preference, and in 1983 the requirement was dropped entirely.[3]
Past winners
editPast winners include:[5]
- Herman Merivale (1831), civil servant and historian[6]
- Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne (1834), Lord Chancellor[7]
- Thomas Henry Haddan (1840), founder of The Guardian
- Edward Karslake (1843), barrister and politician[7]
- Ralph Lingen, 1st Baron Lingen (1846), civil servant[8]
- John Conington (1849), classical scholar (who gave up the scholarship)[9]
- Sir George Osborne Morgan (1851), barrister and politician[10]
- Sir Robert Herbert (1854), first Premier of Queensland, Australia[11]
- Horace Davey, Baron Davey (1859), Law Lord
- Sir Courtenay Ilbert (1867), lawyer and civil servant[12]
- Alfred Barratt (1870), philosopher
- Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken (1874), civil servant[13]
- Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1878), politician and colonial administrator
- Francis William Pember (1887), lawyer and academic, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford[14]
- Sir Frederick Liddell, KC (1892), civil servant[15]
- Alfred Hazel MP[16]
- Murray Coutts-Trotter, Chief Justice of Madras High Court
- Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland (1899), politician
- Raymond Asquith (1902), barrister[17]
- Sir John Behan (1906), lawyer and educationist[18]
- Patrick Shaw-Stewart, banker and war poet[19]
- Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone (1913), Law Lord
- Professor Sir Carleton Allen, QC (1913), law professor and Warden of Rhodes House
- Sir Geoffrey Faber (1920), academic and publisher
- Gordon Alchin (1920), poet, judge and politician[5]
- Sir Eric Beckett, QC (1921), legal adviser to the Foreign Office
- Tom Denning, Baron Denning (1921), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls[20]
- Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1923), Law Lord
- Sir John Foster, QC (1924), politician, army officer and legal scholar
- John Sparrow (1929), academic and barrister, Warden of All Souls
- Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce (1930), Law Lord[5]
- J.H.C. Morris, QC (1933), academic[21]
- Sir James Fawcett, QC (1935), President of the European Commission for Human Rights[22]
- Sir Thomas Smith, QC (1937), barrister and academic
- Robert Blake, Baron Blake (1938), historian
- Sir Wilfrid Bourne, QC (1948), Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office
- W.A.N. Wells (1949), Australian barrister and judge
- Sir Richard Blackburn (1949), Australian judge
- Sir Anthony Barrowclough, QC (1949), government lawyer
- Sir Christopher Slade (1950), Lord Justice of Appeal[5]
- Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, QC (1951), barrister, public servant and Warden of All Souls
- Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, KC (1952), barrister and politician
- Edward Nugee, QC (1953), barrister[23]
- Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill (1957), Senior Law Lord, Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls[24]
- Sir Christopher Rose (1959), Lord Justice of Appeal [5]
- Richard Mawrey, KC (1964), barrister
- Sir David Keene (1965), Lord Justice of Appeal [5]
- Nicholas Wilson, Lord Wilson of Culworth (1967), Supreme Court judge[5]
- Sir James Munby (1970), President of the Family Division[5]
- Sir Michael Hart (1970), High Court judge
- Dame Sonia Proudman (1973), High Court judge[5]
- Sir Stephen Tomlinson (1974), Lord Justice of Appeal[5]
- Sir Peter Gross (1978), Lord Justice of Appeal
- Sir Paul Walker (1980), High Court judge
- Nicholas Hamblen, Lord Hamblen of Kersey (1982), Justice of the UK Supreme Court[25]
- Sir Christopher Nugee (1984), High Court judge.[5]
- Philip Sales, Lord Sales (1986) Justice of the UK Supreme Court[5]
- Sir Christopher Butcher (1987), High Court judge[5]
- Sir David Foxton (1989), High Court judge[5]
- Dame Sara Cockerill (1990), High Court judge and Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court[5][26]
- Sir Martin Chamberlain (1997), High Court judge[5]
References
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- ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36949. London. 12 December 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Behan, Sir John Clifford Valentine (1881–1957)
- ^ Patrick Houston Shaw-Stewart (1888-1917), War Poet
- ^ Freeman, Iris (1993). Lord Denning – A Life. Random House. ISBN 0-09-174594-2.
- ^ Guenter Treitel. "In Memoriam: Dr J C H Morris". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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