Sir Peter Gilmour Noto Badge (20 November 1931 – 29 October 2020) was a British solicitor and judge who was

Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate The Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, known as Chief Metropolitan Police Magistrate until 1949, and also known as the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and Chief Magistrate of the Police Courts of the Metropolis, was a senior British magistrate ...

from 1992 to 1997. As Chief Magistrate, he handled a series of high-profile committals, including those of Szymon Serafinowicz under the War Crimes Act 1991 and of Rosemary West. He was also a leading authority on

coracle A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the west of Ireland and also particularly on the River Boyne, and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey. The word is also used for ...

s. The founder, then chairman and president of the Coracle Society, he said in 1997 that “coracles and

currach A currach ( ) is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual. It is sometimes anglicised as "curragh". The construction and design of the currach are unique ...

s are my main obsession in life.”

References

* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/07/sir-peter-badge-magistrate-world-authority-coracles-obituary/
The Times
* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-6113 {{DEFAULTSORT:Badge, Peter 1931 births 2020 deaths Knights Bachelor English solicitors Circuit judges (England and Wales) Stipendiary magistrates (England and Wales) Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel Royal Naval Reserve personnel Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Alumni of the University of Liverpool