Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed

Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed (8 August 1899 - 3 October 1966 ) was British judge who served as Master of the Rolls, and subsequently became a Law Lord [ODNB article by Nicholls of Birkenhead, "Evershed, (Francis) Raymond, Baron Evershed (1899–1966)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33051 online edn, Jan 2008] , accessed 27 March 2008.] .

Evershed was the son of Frank Evershed brewer and sportsman, and his wife Florence Helen Lowe. He was educated at Clifton College and Oxford University. In 1923, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and became a barrister. He was made a K.C. in 1933 and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1938. During World War II he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers.

Evershed became a High Court Judge in 1944 when he was knighted, and Lord Justice of Appeal in 1947 when he was made a Privy Counsellor. Between 1949 and 1962 he was Master of the Rolls and was U.K. Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 1950. He was created 1st Baron Evershed, of Stapenhill, county Stafford on 20 January 1956. On his death, his title became extinct. [ [http://thepeerage.com/p23393.htm#i233930 The Peerage.com] ]

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