| 词条 | John Ashworth (judge) |
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BiographyHe was the son of Percy Ashworth of Ollerton, Bolton and Fradswell Hall, Stafford, and his wife Annie Isabel Brooks, daughter of John Close Brooks of Birtles Hall. He was educated at Winchester College. He then went to Christ Church, Oxford. In 1930 he became a barrister of the Inner Temple. In 1940 he became an intelligence officer.[2][3][4] Ashworth served as Junior Counsel to the Treasury (Common Law) (one of the British governments most senior lawyers) from 1950 to 1954, and was a Judge of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales from 1954 till his death.[1] Among the cases that he adjudged was the murder of John Alan West by Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen: this resulted in the last death sentences to be carried out in the United Kingdom. References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Ashworth, Hon. Sir John (Percy)|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U151852|website=Who Was Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=6 December 2016|date=April 2014}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashworth, John}}2. ^{{Who's Who | surname = Ashworth | othernames = John Percy| page = 100 | volume = 1955 | edition = 107th}} 3. ^https://archive.org/stream/armorialfamilies01foxd#page/56/mode/1up/search 4. ^{{cite book|last=Kelly's|first=|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|year=1943|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|page=158}} 7 : 1906 births|1975 deaths|English barristers|Queen's Bench Division judges|Knights Bachelor|Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire|Members of the Order of the British Empire |
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