| 词条 | Wilfrid Lewis |
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Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer Lewis, {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|DL|size=100%|sep=,}} (1881 – 15 March 1950) was a British judge, barrister, and ecclesiastical lawyer. He served as Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law) (one of the British governments most senior lawyers) from 1930 to 1935. Then, from 1935 until his death, he was a Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.[1][2] He presided over the trial of the alleged murderer Timothy Evans in January 1950, two months before his death. LifeLewis was born in London, the son of Arthur Griffith Poyer, a barrister, and Annie Wilhelmine, née Ellison. His grandfather was Richard Lewis, Bishop of Llandaff. He was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford, where he took a Third in Modern History. After reading in the chambers of John Simon and John Sankey, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1908, and began practicing at Cardiff. During World War I, he was commissioned into the Glamorgan Yeomanry, and served as aide-de-camp to Sir Charles Fergusson in France. He was twice mentioned in dispatches and appointed OBE. After the war, he joined the chambers of Thomas Inskip in London, gaining a large practice. In 1930, he was appointed Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law) (commonly known as the 'Treasury Devil'). In 1935, in succession to Mr Justice Avory, Lewis was appointed a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the King's Bench Division, and received the customary knighthood. References1. ^{{cite web|title=LEWIS, Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U228218|website=Who Was Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=6 December 2016|date=April 2014}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Wilfrid}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Stable|first1=W. N.|last2=Curthoys|first2=M. C.|title=Lewis, Sir Wilfrid Hubert Poyer (1881–1950)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34521|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=6 December 2016|date=2004}} 12 : 1881 births|1950 deaths|British barristers|Queen's Bench Division judges|Knights Bachelor|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Deputy Lieutenants of Pembrokeshire|English justices of the peace|People educated at Eton College|Alumni of University College, Oxford|Members of the Inner Temple|Glamorgan Yeomanry officers |
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