The Lord Greene | |
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Master of the Rolls | |
In office 26 April 1937 – 1 June 1949 | |
Preceded by | The Lord Wright |
Succeeded by | The Lord Evershed |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilfred Arthur Greene 30 December 1883 Beckenham, Kent |
Died | 16 April 1952 Dorking, Surrey | (aged 68)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Nancy Wright |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Profession | Barrister, judge |
Wilfrid Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene,[Note 1] OBE, MC, PC (30 December 1883 – 16 April 1952) was a British lawyer and judge, noted for creating two crucial principles of administrative law, the Wednesbury doctrine and the Carltona doctrine.
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