List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

This is a complete list of people who have been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the terms of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. On 1 October 2009, the Lords Appeal in Ordinary became the first Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Those appointees who were not already members of the House of Lords were created life peers; for their titles see the list of law life peerages. Initially it was intended that peers created in this way would only sit in the House of Lords while serving their term as judges, but in 1887 (on the retirement of Lord Blackburn) the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 provided that former judges would retain their seats for life. Under the terms of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, which transferred the judicial functions of the House of Lords to the new Supreme Court, justices of the new court (and other lords hold specified judicial offices) do not have the right to speak and vote in the House until they leave office.

List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

Name	Served from	Served until	Reason	Previous judicial office	Notes
Lord Blackburn	16 October 1876	6 January 1887	retired	Puisne Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Lord Gordon	17 October 1876	21 August 1879	died in office	none
Lord Watson	28 April 1880	14 September 1899	died in office	none
Lord Fitzgerald	23 June 1882	16 October 1889	died in office	Puisne Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Ireland
Lord Macnaghten	25 January 1887	1910	retired	none
Lord Morris	5 December 1889	10 May 1900	retired	Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
Lord Hannen	28 January 1891	15 August 1893	retired	President, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
Lord Bowen	23 September 1893	10 April 1894	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Russell of Killowen	7 May 1894	2 July 1894	appointed Lord Chief Justice	none
Lord Davey	13 August 1894	20 February 1907	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Robertson	14 November 1899	2 February 1909	died in office	Lord President of the Court of Session
Lord Lindley	10 May 1900	2 December 1905	retired	Master of the Rolls
Lord Atkinson	1905	1928	retired	none
Lord Collins	1907	1910	retired	Master of the Rolls
Lord Shaw	1909	1929	retired	none
Lord Robson	1910	1912	retired	none
Lord Moulton	1912	1921	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Parker	1913	1918	died in office	Justice, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice
Lord Sumner	1913	1930	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal	created Viscount Sumner in 1927
Lord Dunedin	1913	1932	retired	Lord President of the Court of Session	created Viscount Dunedin in 1926
Viscount Cave	1918	1922	appointed Lord Chancellor	none
Lord Carson	1921	1929	retired	none
Lord Blanesburgh	1923	1937	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Atkin	1928	1944	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Tomlin	1929	1935	died in office	Justice, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice
Lord Russell of Killowen	1929	1946	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Thankerton	1929	1948	died in office	none
Lord Macmillan	1930	1939	appointed Minister of Information	none
Lord Wright	1932	1935	appointed Master of the Rolls	Justice, King's Bench Division, High Court of Justice
Lord Maugham	1935	1938	appointed Lord Chancellor	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Roche	1935	1938	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Wright	1937	1947	retired	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Master of the Rolls	previously served 1932–1935
Lord Romer	1938	1944	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Porter	1938	1954	retired	Justice, King's Bench Division, High Court of Justice
Viscount Maugham	1939	1941	retired	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Chancellor	previously served 1935–1938
Lord Macmillan	1941	1947	retired	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary	previously served 1930–1939
Lord Simonds	1944	1951	appointed Lord Chancellor	Puisne Justice, Chancery Division
Lord Goddard	1944	1946	appointed Lord Chief Justice	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Uthwatt	1946	1949	died in office
Lord du Parcq	1946	1949	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord MacDermott	1947	1951	appointed Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland	Puisne Justice, High Court, Northern Ireland
Lord Normand	1947	1953	retired	Lord President of the Court of Session
Lord Oaksey	1947	1957	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Morton of Henryton	1947	1959	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Reid	1948	1975	died in office	none	Senior Law Lord 1969–1975
Lord Greene	1949	1950	retired	Master of the Rolls
Lord Radcliffe	1949	1964	retired	none	created Viscount Radcliffe in 1962
Lord Tucker	1950	1961	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Asquith of Bishopstone	1951	1954	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Cohen	1951	1960	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Keith of Avonholm	1953	1961	retired	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Somervell of Harrow	1954	1960	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Viscount Simonds	1954	1962	retired	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Chancellor	previously served 1944–1951
Lord Denning	1957	1962	appointed Master of the Rolls	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Jenkins	1959	1963	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest	1960	1973	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Hodson	1960	1971	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Guest	1961	1971	retired	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Devlin	1961	1964	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Pearce	1962	1969	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Evershed	1962	1965	retired	Master of the Rolls
Lord Upjohn	1963	1971	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Donovan	1963	1971	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Wilberforce	1964	1982	retired	Puisne Justice, Chancery Division	Senior Law Lord 1975–1982
Lord Pearson	1965	1974	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Diplock	1968	1985	died in office	Lord Justice of Appeal	Senior Law Lord 1982–1984
Viscount Dilhorne	1969	1980	retired	Lord Chancellor
Lord Cross of Chelsea	1971	1977	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Simon of Glaisdale	1971	1977	retired	President, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
Lord Kilbrandon	1971	1977	retired	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Salmon	1972	1980	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Edmund-Davies	1974	1981	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Fraser of Tullybelton	1975	1985	retired	Senator of the College of Justice	Senior Law Lord 1984–1985
Lord Russell of Killowen	1975	1982	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Keith of Kinkel	1977	1996	retired	Senator of the College of Justice	Senior Law Lord 1986–1996
Lord Scarman	1977	1986	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal	Senior Law Lord 1985–1986
Lord Lane	1979	1980	appointed Lord Chief Justice	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Roskill	1980	1986	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Bridge of Harwich	1980	1992	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Brandon of Oakbrook	1981	1991	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Brightman	1982	1986	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Templeman	1982	1994	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Griffiths	1985	1993	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Mackay of Clashfern	1985	1987	appointed Lord Chancellor	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Ackner	1986	1993	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Goff of Chieveley	1986	1998	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal	Senior Law Lord 1996–1998
Lord Oliver of Aylmerton	1986	1992	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle	1988	1996	retired	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Lowry	1988	1994	retired	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Lord Browne-Wilkinson	1991	2000	retired	Vice-Chancellor	Senior Law Lord 1998–2000
Lord Mustill	1992	1997	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Slynn of Hadley	1992	2002	retired	Judge, European Court of Justice
Lord Woolf	1992	1996	appointed Master of the Rolls	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Lloyd	1993	1999	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Nolan	1994	1998	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead	1994	2007	retired	Vice-Chancellor
Lord Steyn	1995	2005	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Hoffmann	1995	20 April 2009	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Hope of Craighead	1996	31 August 2009	became Deputy President of the Supreme Court	Lord President of the Court of Session	Second Senior Law Lord 2009
Lord Clyde	1996	2001	retired	Senator of the College of Justice
Lord Hutton	1997	2004	retired	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Lord Saville of Newdigate	1997	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough	1998	2004	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Millett	1998	2004	retired	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers	1999	2000	appointed Master of the Rolls	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Bingham of Cornhill	2000	2008	retired	Lord Chief Justice	Senior Law Lord 2000–2008
Lord Scott of Foscote	2000	31 August 2009	retired	Vice-Chancellor
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry	2001	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord President of the Court of Session
Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe	2002	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lady Hale of Richmond	2004	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Carswell	2004	28 June 2009	retired	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood	2004	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Mance	2005	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury	2007	31 August 2009	appointed Master of the Rolls	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers	2008	31 August 2009	became President of the Supreme Court	Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Lord Chief Justice Master of the Rolls	previously served 1999–2000 Senior Law Lord 2008–2009
Lord Collins of Mapesbury	21 April 2009	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Justice of Appeal
Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore	29 June 2009	31 August 2009	became Justice of the Supreme Court	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland

Sources

• Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900, Macmillan, 1975
• David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000
• Sir John Sainty, "The Judges of England 1272-1990", Selden Society 1993