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Geoffrey Cross, Baron Cross of Chelsea

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tripos, as well as winning the Craven Scholarship in 1925. He was a fellow of Trinity College from 1927 to 1931, where he authored a notable work on
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Geoffrey Cross was born in London, the elder child of Arthur George Cross, a quantity surveyor, and of Mary Elizabeth Cross,
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between 1976 and 1981. From 1976 to 1977 he chaired a commission on the organization of the accountancy profession.
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in 1930 and practiced at the Chancery bar. He developed a large junior practice, especially in the field of
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of the Middle Temple in 1958 and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1972.
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After his retirement, Cross served as the Chairman of the Appeal Committee of the
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Universe Tankships Inc of Monrovia v International Transport Workers' Federation
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National Westminster Bank Ltd v Halesowen Presswork & Assemblies Ltd
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before the bank rate leak inquiry in 1956, and for many years acted for
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British Eagle International Air Lines Ltd v Cie Nationale Air France
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Wilmot, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Eardley Wilmot,
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In 1960, after nine years without new appointments to the
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Harbutt's "Plasticine" Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Co Ltd
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Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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Arthur Geoffrey Neale Cross, Baron Cross of Chelsea
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Lord Cross of Chelsea
Arthur Cross (disambiguation)
The Right Honourable
PC

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Lord Justice of Appeal
Justice of the High Court
London
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
PC
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
née
Rupert Cross
Westminster School
scholar
Trinity College, Cambridge
Firsts
Classics
Epirus
Richard Porson
Sir Richard Jebb
called to the bar
Middle Temple
estate duty
took silk
Bank of England
Calouste Gulbenkian
Chancellor of Durham

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