Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry
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Robert Lynd Erskine Lowry, Baron Lowry, PC, PC (NI) (30 January 1919 ā 15 January 1999), was a Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.[1] He was knighted in 1971,[2] and created a life peer in 1979.[1][3]
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The Lord Lowry | |
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Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland | |
In office 1971ā1989 | |
Preceded by | The Lord MacDermott |
Succeeded by | Sir Brian Hutton |
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Born | 30 January 1919 |
Died | 15 January 1999 (aged 79) |
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The son of a former Attorney-General for Northern Ireland, Lowry was educated in Belfast and at Cambridge. After serving in the British Army during the Second World War, he was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1947 and appointed to the High Court of Northern Ireland in 1964.