Peter Oliver
British judge
Born on: March 7, 1921Died on: October 17, 2007
Aged: 86 years 224 days (1039 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United kingdom
Birth Sign: Pisces
Peter Raymond Oliver, Baron Oliver of Aylmerton, PC was a British barrister and judge who served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 1986 and 1991.
The son of an academic lawyer, he served with distinction during the Second World War, before joining the Chancery bar.
He was appointed to the High Court in 1974, to the Court of Appeal in 1980, and to the House of Lords in 1986, having earlier been tipped to succeed Lord Denning as Master of the Rolls in 1982.
He retired in 1992, and in later life suffered from loss of sight.
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