Arthur Greer, 1st Baron Fairfield

The Right Honourable
The Lord Fairfield
PC
Lord Justice of Appeal
Justice of the High Court

Frederick Arthur Greer, 1st Baron Fairfield, PC (1 October 1863 – 4 February 1945) was a British lawyer and judge. Born to a merchant and his wife, Greer became a barrister and member of Gray's Inn, practicing in Liverpool. In 1910 he became a King's Counsel, and in 1919 a judge of the High Court of Justice. In 1939 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Fairfield.[1][2]

  1. ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 120
  2. ^ Kuhn, Ferdinand, New York Times, KING'S LIST HONORS ..., 2 January 1939, p.1.