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elizabeth ii catherine patricia british 28 june 1934 robert douglas carswell 28 june 2009 2004 1997 1993 1984 1971 pembroke college , oxford 150px barrister 12 january 2004 1997 1993 1984 1979 1970 romayne ferris -lrb- m. 1961 -rrb- royal coat of arms of the united kingdom.svg the lord carswell judge royal coat of arms of the united kingdom brian hutton brian hutton lord northern ireland lord justice of appeal supreme court of judicature of march 2015 northern ireland high court of justice northern ireland appeal senior crown counsel northern ireland attorney general for northern ireland in ordinary lord chief justice of sir brian kerr anglican robert carswell , baron carswell

robert carswell , baron carswell

robert douglas carswell , baron carswell , pc , qc -lrb- born 28 june 1934 -rrb- , is a retired lord of appeal in ordinary .
the son of alan and nance carswell was educated at the royal belfast academical institution and pembroke college , oxford , where he received a bachelor of arts and master of arts in classics and law in 1956 .
two years later he graduated from the university of chicago 's law school with a doctor of jurisprudence .
carswell was counsel to the attorney general for northern ireland in the years 1970 and 1971 , and senior crown counsel in northern ireland from 1979 to 1984 .
in 1984 , he became judge of the high court of justice northern ireland , a post he held until 1993 .
he was lord justice of appeal at the supreme court of judicature in northern ireland from 1993 to 1997 and further lord chief justice of northern ireland from 1997 to 2004 .
lord carswell was made a queen 's counsel in 1971 and became a privy counsellor in 1993 .
he was appointed a lord of appeal in ordinary as baron carswell , of killeen in the county of down on 12 january 2004 , having been knighted in 1988 .
on 20 november 2007 , lord carswell gave a lecture entitled `` the breastplate of judgment : human rights in the house of lords '' at the university of cambridge .
during 2009 -- 2010 , lord carswell chaired an inquiry into the roles of jersey 's crown officers -lrb- the bailiff , deputy bailiff , attorney general and solicitor general -rrb- , presenting a report recommending reforms to the states of jersey on 6 december 2010 .
