The Eldon Law Scholarship is a

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awarded to students from the

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who wish to study for the

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. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or MJur. It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at £9,000 a year.

History

The scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers. Although the scholarship is named after Lord Eldon LC, it is not funded from his will; Lord Eldon did not die until eight years after the scholarship was founded. The first trustees included the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Romney and Lord Arden. Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant be a member of the

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. In 1963 that was downgraded to a preference, and in 1983 the requirement was dropped entirely.

Past winners

Past winners include: *

Herman Merivale Herman Merivale CB (8 November 1806 – 8 February 1874) was an English civil servant and historian. He was the elder brother of Charles Merivale, and father of the poet Herman Charles Merivale. He was born at Dawlish, Devon to John Her ...

(1831), civil servant and historian *

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(1834),

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Eldon Law Scholarship
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'' * Edward Karslake (1843), barrister and politician *

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(1846), civil servant *

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(1849), classical scholar (who gave up the scholarship) * Sir

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(1851), barrister and politician * Sir

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(1854), first

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, Australia *

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(1859),

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* Sir

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(1867), lawyer and civil servant * Alfred Barratt (1870), philosopher *

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(1874), civil servant *

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(1878), politician and colonial administrator *

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(1887), lawyer and academic,

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of the

* Sir Frederick Liddell, KC (1892), civil servant * Alfred Hazel * Murray Coutts-Trotter, Chief Justice of

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* Sir

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(1899), politician *

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(1902), barrister * Sir John Behan (1906), lawyer and educationist *

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, banker and war poet *

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(1913), Law Lord * Professor Sir Carleton Allen, QC (1913), law professor and

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* Sir

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(1920), academic and publisher * Gordon Alchin (1920), poet, judge and politician * Sir Eric Beckett, QC (1921), legal adviser to the Foreign Office *

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(1921), Law Lord and

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* Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1923), Law Lord * Sir John Foster, QC (1924), politician, army officer and legal scholar * John Sparrow (1929), academic and barrister,

of All Souls *

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(1930), Law Lord * J.H.C. Morris, QC (1933), academic * Sir James Fawcett, QC (1935), President of the

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* Sir Thomas Smith, QC (1937), barrister and academic *

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(1938), historian * Sir Wilfrid Bourne, QC (1948),

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* W.A.N. Wells (1949), Australian barrister and judge * Sir Richard Blackburn (1949), Australian judge * Sir Anthony Barrowclough, QC (1949), government lawyer * Sir

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(1950),

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, QC (1951), barrister, public servant and Warden of All Souls * Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, KC (1952), barrister and politician *

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, QC (1953), barrister *

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(1957), Senior Law Lord,

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and Master of the Rolls * Sir Christopher Rose (1959), Lord Justice of Appeal * Richard Mawrey, KC (1964), barrister * Sir David Keene (1965), Lord Justice of Appeal *

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(1967), Supreme Court judge * Sir

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(1970),

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* Sir Michael Hart (1970), High Court judge * Dame Sonia Proudman (1973), High Court judge * Sir Stephen Tomlinson (1974),

* Sir Peter Gross (1978), Lord Justice of Appeal * Sir

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(1980), High Court judge *

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(1982), Justice of the UK Supreme Court * Sir Christopher Nugee (1984), High Court judge. * Philip Sales, Lord Sales (1986) Justice of the UK Supreme Court * Sir Christopher Butcher (1987), High Court judge * Sir David Foxton (1989), High Court judge * Dame Sara Cockerill (1990), High Court judge and Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court * Sir Martin Chamberlain (1997), High Court judge

References

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