About Edward Eveleigh
Lived 1917 – 2014 (aged 96). Edward Eveleigh was a barrister and judge.
Sir Edward Walter Eveleigh, ERD (8 October 1917 – 24 September 2014) was a British barrister, judge and British Army officer. He presided over a number of high-profile cases including that of the serial killer Graham Young and the former MP John Stonehouse. He went on to serve as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1977 to 1985.
Early life Eveleigh was born on 8 October 1917 in Eastleigh, Hampshire. He was called up at the start of World War II and served for six weeks during the Phoney War before returning to his university studies.
On 25 April 1961, he was appointed a Recorder, a part-time judge, sitting at the magistrates' court of Burton-upon-Trent.
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