Konrad Schiemann

Sir Konrad Hermann Theodor Schiemann, PC (born 15 September 1937) is a former German-British barrister and judge.[1] He served on the Court of Appeal, and he was also a member of the Court of Justice of the European Union.[2][3]

Schiemann was born in Berlin in 1937 to Helmut Schiemann and Beate von Simson.[1] His father was killed during the Second World War, but he and his mother escaped to Munich. After his mother died, he emigrated to England to live with an uncle in 1946.[4] He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, Freiburg University, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1965, he married Elisabeth Hanna Eleonore Holroyd-Reece, daughter of publisher[5] John Holroyd-Reece.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ "Sir Konrad Schiemann". Migration Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Sir Konrad Schiemann". The Times. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ Goebel, Roger (2013). "Symposium on EU Law: Developments in Honor of Judge Konrad Schiemann". Fordham International Law Journal. 36 (5). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ Troy, Michele (2017). Strange Bird. Yale University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-300-21568-7.