Sir Ronald Francis Roxburgh (19 November 1889 – 19 August 1981) was a British barrister, High Court judge, and writer on international law and on the history of the Inns of Court.
Sir Ronald Roxburgh | |
|---|---|
 Roxburgh in 1948 by Walter Stoneman | |
| Justice of the High Court | |
| In office 1946–1960 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1889 Eastbourne, Sussex |
| Died | 19 August 1981 (aged 91) Hendon, Middlesex |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Life edit
Born at Eastbourne,[1] Roxburgh was the only son of Francis Roxburgh (1850-1936) and Annie Gertrude Mortlock (1857-1948).[2]
After graduating from Cambridge,[3] Roxburgh was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1914, appointed King's Counsel in 1933, became a Justice of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in 1946, knighted the same year, and retired in 1960.[4] In his early years as a barrister he worked with the German jurist L. F. L. Oppenheim, a founder of the discipline of international law, who was Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge.
In 1935, Roxburgh married firstly Jane Minney, a daughter of Archibald H. and Lady Frances Gordon-Duff,[2] herself a daughter of Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue. They had one daughter, Mary Frances, born in 1936, who in 1959 married Brian Donald Boyd.[5] Roxburgh's first wife died in 1960,[2] and in 1966 he married secondly Dorothea Hodge.[6]
Roxburgh died on 19 August 1981 and is buried in a family vault on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
Selected publications edit
- R. F. Roxburgh, The Prisoners of War Information Bureau in London; a study, with introduction by L. Oppenheim (1915)
- R. F. Roxburgh, International Conventions and Third States: a monograph (Longmans, Green and Co., 1917)
- R. F. Roxburgh, "Changes in the Conception of Neutrality" in Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law 3rd Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1919), pp. 17–24
- R. F. Roxburgh, "The Future of International Law" in Edinburgh Review (Longmans, Green & Co. 1920)
- Lassa Oppenheim, et al., ed. Ronald Francis Roxburgh, International Law: A Treatise, Vol. 1 (1920)
- International Law: A Treatise, Vol. 2 War And Neutrality
- Ronald Roxburgh, Origins of Lincoln's Inn (Cambridge University Press, 1963)
- Sir Ronald Roxburgh, ed., The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn: the Black Books, Volume Five, AD 1845 to AD 1914 (1968)
- R. F. Roxburgh, "Rondel v. Worsley: Immunity of the Bar" Law Quarterly Review 84 (1968), p. 513
- Ronald F. Roxburgh, "Lawyers in the New Temple" Law Quarterly Review 88 (1972) pp. 415–430
- Ronald Roxburgh, "Two postscripts to the Black Books, Vol. V" (1977)
- Ronald F. Roxburgh, "Lincoln's Inn of the Fourteenth Century" Law Quarterly Review 94 (1978) pp. 363–382
References edit
- ^ "Roxburgh Ronald Francis", in Register of Births for Eastbourne Registration District, vol. 2b (1889), p. 85
- ^ a b c "Roxburgh, Sir Ronald Francis" in Who Was Who (published online December 2007, e-ISBN 9780199540891)
- ^ The Cambridge University Calendar (1915), p. 795
- ^ "Sir Ronald Francis Roxburgh" (obituary) in Law Notes, vol. 100 (1981), p. 254
- ^ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "HODGE Dorothea M J & ROXBURGH Ronald F" in Register of Marriages for Chelsea Registration District, vol. 5A (1966), p. 1573
- ^ "Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Wc50 Roxborough, R". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
External links edit
- Sir Ronald Francis Roxburgh at National Portrait Gallery