Benjamin Ormerod


Sir Benjamin Ormerod was a lawyer and Judge in England and Wales.
Ormerod was appointed a Justice of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 25 May 1948. He was knighted a few days later. Ormerod was transferred to the Queen's Bench Division on 6 June 1950. He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 21 January 1957. Following that appointment, Ormerod was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He retired from his judicial office on 30 September 1963.

Personal life

Sir Bernjamin Ormerod was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, served in Gallipoli and the Western Front. He married Kathleen May Carter in 1916 and had 2 daughters and a son, John Walter Holland Ormerod who was a playwright, poet and author.

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