  robert michael oldfield havers, baron havers pc qc (10 march 1923 â 1 april 1992), was a british barrister and conservative politician. from his knighthood in 1972 until becoming a peer in 1987 he was known as sir michael havers. == early life == havers was a son of high court judge sir cecil havers and enid flo havers (nÃ©e snelling) and was the brother of baroness butler-sloss (born 1933) who in 1988 became the first woman named to the court of appeal and later president of the family division. he was educated at westminster school. he attended corpus christi college, cambridge. ==career== ===military service=== he served during world war ii with the royal navy. he served as a 19 year old midshipman on hms sirius attached to force q in the mediterranean. on 10 september 1943, he was promoted from temporary acting sub-lieutenant to temporary sub-lieutenant. following the end of the war, he transferred 
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