Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed

Francis Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed PC, KC (8 August 1899 - 3 October 1966) was British judge who served as Master of the Rolls, and subsequently became a Law Lord.

Background and education

Evershed was the son of Frank Evershed, a brewer and sportsman, and his wife Florence Helen, daughter of Thomas Lowe. He was educated at Clifton College and Oxford University. During the First World War he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. In 1923, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and became a barrister.

Legal and judicial career

Evershed was made a KC in 1933 and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1938. He became a High Court Judge in 1944 when he was knighted, and Lord Justice of Appeal in 1947 when he was also made a Privy Counsellor. Between 1949 and 1962 he was Master of the Rolls and served as the UK Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 1950. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Evershed, of Stapenhill in the County of Stafford, on 20 January 1956.

Personal life

Lord Evershed married Cecily Elizabeth Joan, daughter of the Honourable Charles Alan Bennett, in 1928. The title became extinct on his death in October 1966, aged 67.

References

Legal offices
Preceded by The Lord Greene	Master of the Rolls 1949–1962	Succeeded by The Lord Denning
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Evershed 1956–1966	Extinct