Havers, Robert Michael Oldfield, 1923-1992
- GB-2014-WSA-08891
- Person
- 1923-1992
Havers, Robert Michael Oldfield, Baron Havers, brother of Antony Cecil Oldfield Havers (qv); b. 10 Mar. 1923; adm. Apr. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1940; RNVR 1941-6 (Lieut.); Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1965; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1948; dep. chairman West Suffolk Quarter Sessions 1961, chairman 1965; QC 1964; Recorder of Dover 1962-8, of Norwich 1968-71; Chancellor Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich 1965-73, of Ely 1969-73; MP (C) Wimbledon 1970-87; Master of Bench Inner Temple 1971; Kt 1972; Solicitor-General 1972-4; shadow Attorney-General 1974-9; PC 1977; Attornev-General 1979-87; Lord Chancellor 1987; er. Baron Havers (Life Peer) 1987; a Busby Trustee 1980; joint author The Royal Baccarat Scandal, Theatre Royal Havmarket 1988; m. 3 Sept. 1949 Carol Elizabeth, d. of Stuart Lay; d. 1 Apr. 1992.