Elizabeth Lane

Dame Elizabeth Lane
Judge of the High Court of Justice
In office
1965–1979
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Kathleen Coulborn

(1905-08-09)9 August 1905
Bowden, Cheshire, England
Died17 June 1988(1988-06-17) (aged 82)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
SpouseRandall Lane
OccupationBarrister and judge

Dame Elizabeth Kathleen Lane, DBE (née Coulborn; 9 August 1905 – 17 June 1988) was an English barrister and judge. She was the first woman appointed as a judge in the County Court, the first female High Court judge in England, and the first female bencher.[1]

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