John Widgery, Baron Widgery

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John Widgery, Baron Widgery

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John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery, OBE, TD, PC was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1971 to 1980. He is principally noted for presiding over the Widgery Tribunal on the events of Bloody Sunday. Wikipedia

Born: July 24, 1911, South Molton, United Kingdom

Died: July 26, 1981 (age 70 years)

Education: Queen's College

Partner: Ann Edith Kermode (1948–)

Books: Bloody Sunday and the Report of the Widgery Tribunal: The Irish Government's Assessment of the New Material : Presented to the British Government in June 1997 and Bloody Sunday 1972: Lord Widgery's Report of Events in London Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972