Arthur Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan

Captain Arthur Cameron Corbett, 3rd Baron Rowallan (17 December 1919 – 24 June 1993), was a British aristocrat most notable for successfully having his second marriage annulled in 1970 on the grounds that his wife April Ashley, a transgender woman, was legally male. This case is known as Corbett v Corbett.

Early life Arthur Cameron Corbett was born on 17 December 1919 to Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan (1895–1977), who was Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire and served as Governor of Tasmania from 1959 to 1963, and Gwyn Melvyn Grimond, daughter of Joseph Bowman Grimond of St Andrews, Fife. His maternal uncle was Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond, the leader of the Liberal Party 1956–67.

He was one of six children born to his parents. One of his four brothers was killed in action in 1944. He was educated at Eton, followed by Magdalen College, Oxford.

Second World War He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Ayrshire Yeomanry effective from 2 September 1939, following training as an Officer Cadet in the Oxford University OTC. In July 1940 he was transferred to the Royal Artillery, as the regiment re-rolled to create two regiments of Field Artillery. By the end of the war he was a temporary Major, and was Mentioned in Dispatches on 8 November 1945 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in North-West Europe"

Personal life First marriage and children Corbett was married to Eleanor Mary Boyle from 1945 to 1962. and in the film The Road to Hong Kong, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Corbett had got to know of Ashley through her work as a 'female impersonator' at Le Carrousel de Paris and made contact with her through a US acquaintance, Louise. The argument was accepted, and the case served as a precedent until the Gender Recognition Act 2004. Upon his death in 1993, his eldest son, John Corbett, 4th Baron Rowallan, succeeded to his title, Baron Rowallan.

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