Peregrine Simon
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Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon (born 1950), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Simon, is a British High Court
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...

 judge.

Education/Career

He was educated at Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...

 and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :...

. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple in 1973. He was appointed as Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...

 in 1991; as a Bencher in 1999 and Recorder in 1998. He was knighted in 2002 at the same time as Colman Treacy
Colman Treacy
Sir Colman Maurice Treacy , styled The Hon. Mr Justice Treacy, is a British High Court Judge.He attended Stonyhurst College and Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1971 he was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, and appointed as QC in 1990....

 who was also then appointed as a High Court Judge.

Family

He is one of the three sons of Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale
Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale
Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, QC, DL, PC known as Jack Simon, was as a Law Lord in the United Kingdom, having been, by turns, a barrister, a commissioned officer in the British Army, a barrister again, a Conservative Party politician, a government minister, and a judge.He...

and his second wife, the former Fay Pearson.

External links

  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/may/08/guardianobituaries.obituaries
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1517726/Lord-Simon-of-Glaisdale.html
  • http://www.uniset.ca/lloydata/css/19961AER981.html
  • http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2626.asp
  • http://www.boatingbusiness.com/archive101/2002/june/news/nbs_to_sue_earls_court_over_dates
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