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Baron Robert Younger Blanesburgh
1861–1946
A Scottish barrister and judge who rose from a famous brewing family to the highest levels of British law, he spent decades shaping legal life in England and Wales. His career carried him from the bar to the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and finally the House of Lords.
1 Audiobook
The horrors of Wittenberg : Official report to the British government
by Baron Robert Younger Blanesburgh, Great Britain. Government Committee on Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War
About the author
Born in 1861, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College, Oxford, before building a legal career in England and Wales. He came from a prominent Scottish brewing family and was the younger brother of the 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie.
His judicial rise was steady and impressive: he was appointed to the High Court in 1915, moved to the Court of Appeal in 1919, and became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1923. He remained a law lord until 1937, when failing eyesight led to his retirement.
Though best remembered for his work as a judge rather than as a literary figure, his life reflects the world of British public service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—formal, demanding, and closely tied to the institutions of law and government.