- Elizabeth Gloster
Dame Elizabeth Gloster,
DBE (born 1949), styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Gloster, is the first appointed female judge of theCommercial Court in theUnited Kingdom .Elizabeth Gloster was educated at
Roedean School [cite web | title =What reduced a top woman judge to tears? | work =Mail on Sunday | publisher =Associated Newspapers Ltd | date =2004-06-22 | url =http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-307540/What-reduced-woman-judge-tears.html | accessdate =2008-08-19 ] andGirton College, Cambridge . [http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page5802.asp UK Government website re Miss Gloster's announcement] ] She was called to the Bar,Inner Temple in 1971.Career
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Q.C. — 1989
*Bencher — 1992
* Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey — 1993
* Recorder — 1995On
May 14 2004 , Miss Gloster was created aDBE on her appointment as aHigh Court Judge .Private life
Gloster was divorced from Stanley Brodie QC in 2004 [cite web | last =Eden | first =Richard | title =Prime of Stan Brodie | work =Telegraph.co.uk | publisher =Telegraph Media Group Limited | date =2006-12-24 | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/12/24/dp2401.xml | accessdate =2008-08-19 ] after a marriage lasting 30 years. [cite web | title =Just don't tell the White Witch, Anna | work =Mail Online | publisher =Associated Newspapers Ltd | date =2006-03-14 | url =http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-379834/Estees-son-heir-scent-new-life.html | accessdate =2008-08-19 ] She married
Oliver Popplewell in 2008. [cite web | last =Rozenberg | first =Joshua| title =Brief Encounters | work =Telegraph.co.uk | publisher =Telegraph Media Group Limited | date =2008-06-04 | url =http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2056786/Brief-Encounters.html | accessdate =2008-08-19 ]References
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