Charles Jauncey , Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle Charles Eliot Jauncey , Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle , PC ( 8 May 1925 – 18 July 2007 ) was a British judge and advocate . He was often praised as one of the finest legal minds of his generation in Scotland , and his legal opinions - both as a practising advocate and as a judge - commanded immense respect . Biography . Jauncey was the son of Captain John Henry Jauncey , DSO , RN , who came out of retirement to command destroyers in the Second World War , and Muriel Dundas , daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Dundas . He was educated at Radley College , leaving in 1943 to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve . He served in Egypt and India in the Second World War , from 1943 to 1946 , reaching the rank of Sub - Lieutenant . He contracted polio in Ceylon and was invalided home , being left with a slight limp for the rest of his life . He read law at Christ Church , Oxford , graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in jurisprudence in 1947 , and at the University of Glasgow , where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1949 . He became an advocate of the Scottish Bar in 1949 , joining the Faculty of Advocates . He undertook a wide range of civil legal work , but his practice concentrated mostly on wills , trusts and estates . He became a standing junior counsel to the Ministry of Works in Scotland in 1953 , and standing junior counsel to the Admiralty in 1954 . Supporting Ian Fraser QC ( later Lord Fraser of Tullybelton ) , he was junior counsel to Margaret Campbell , Duchess of Argyll , from 1959 to 1963 in the notorious divorce action brought by her husband , the 11th Duke of Argyll , alleging her adultery , which broke new ground in the law of confidentiality . He took silk becoming a Queen ' s Counsel for Scotland in 1963 . He was part - time Sheriff Principal of Fife and Kinross from 1971 to 1974 , resigning to continue his legal practice when the position became full - time . He was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey from 1972 to 1979 . He became a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland in 1979 . Amongst other cases , he sat in two particularly long - running cases : " McColl v . Strathclyde Regional Council " [ 1983 ] SC 225 , a 203 - day hearing contesting the mandatory fluoridation of the water supply in Glasgow , and " Santa Fe v . Heerama " , a patent infringement case relating to semi - submersible drilling platforms in the North Sea which settled after 191 days in court . He held this post until 1988 , when he became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary . He was appointed to the Privy Council and was created a life peer with the title Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle , of Comrie in the District of Perth and Kinross . He also sat on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . He retired in 1996 , but the Queen appointed him a special commissioner and arbitrator in 1998 to determine a dispute between the Dean of Westminster Abbey and its dismissed organist , Dr Martin Neary and Mrs Neary . He was chairman of the House of Lords Committee in 2001 - 2 that investigated the crash of the RAF Chinook helicopter ZD576 in the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 that killed all 29 on board . He continued to be active in the House of Lords after his retirement , until a stroke in November 2004 . He twice caught MRSA while recuperating at Perth Royal Infirmary . He married three times . He first married Jean Cunninghame Graham , daughter of Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham , in 1948 . They had two sons , Jamie and Simon , and a daughter , Arabella . After their divorce in 1969 , he married Elizabeth Ballingal , widow of Major John Ballingal MC , in 1973 . After a second divorce in 1977 , he married a third time , to Camilla Cathcart , daughter of Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Cathcart , later that year . They had one daughter , Cressida . Outside the law , Jauncey became a member of the Royal Company of Archers in 1951 . His interest in genealogy led to his appointment as Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms from 1955 to 1971 . He was also a member of the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland from 1972 to 1992 . He enjoyed fishing in the rivers of Perthsire . He lived in Tullichettle , near Comrie in Perthshire , for 60 years , and was a member of his local Episcopalian church . He died in Comrie .