death_date religion birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title name alma_mater
23 march 2010 judaism west hampstead , london british 9 december 1904 rosalind irene ellis -lrb- m. 1935 -- 1991 -rrb- alan king-hamilton
 alan king-hamilton trinity hall , cambridge
alan king-hamilton

myer alan barry king-hamilton qc -lrb- 9 december 1904 -- 23 march 2010 -rrb- was a british barrister and judge who was best known for hearing numerous high-profile cases at the old bailey during the 1960s and 1970s .
these included the trial of janie jones in 1974 and the 1977 blasphemous libel trial against `` gay news '' and its editor , denis lemon , for publishing `` the love that dares to speak its name '' , a controversial poem by james kirkup .
