George Waller (judge)

Sir George Waller
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
1976–1984
High Court Judge
In office
1965–1976
Personal details
Born3 August 1911
Died5 February 1999(1999-02-05) (aged 87)
EducationOundle School
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

Sir George Stanley Waller PC OBE (3 August 1911 – 5 February 1999) was a British Lord Justice of Appeal.

He was educated at Oundle School and Queens' College, Cambridge, and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1934, becoming a Bencher in 1961 and Treasurer in 1978.[1] He was made a QC in 1954, a recorder from 1953 to 1965, and a judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) from 1965 to 1976. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1976 to 1984. He played rugby union for Cambridge University R.U.F.C., gaining a blue by playing in The Varsity Match in 1932.[2]

His son is Sir Mark Waller.

  1. ^ "Waller, Rt Hon. Sir George (Stanley), (3 Aug. 1911–5 Feb. 1999), PC 1976; a Lord Justice of Appeal, 1976–84." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
  2. ^ Cleary, Mick, ed. (1999). Rothman's Rugby Union Yearbook 1999-2000. London: Headline. p. 435. ISBN 0747275319.