Gerald Fitzmaurice

Sir Gerald Gray Fitzmaurice (24 October 1901 – 7 September 1982) was an English barrister and judge. He was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration between 1964 and 1973 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice between 1960 and 1973, before becoming a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg in 1974.

Early life and education He was born on 24 October 1901, the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice and Mabel Gertrude Gray, in Storrington, Sussex. He studied at Malvern College and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1924. While at Gonville and Caius, Fitzmaurice was a pupil of Arnold McNair. Fitzmaurice took a first in both parts of the law tripos in 1923 and 1924. Fitzmaurice was the UK Counsel to the International Court of Justice at The Hague between 1948 and 1954. He served as the Senior Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office between 1953 and 1960. In 1954 he was advanced to a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.