About Herbert McVeigh
Lived 1908 – 1977 (aged 68). Herbert McVeigh was a British judge.
Sir Herbert Andrew McVeigh (8 December 1908 – 3 October 1977), known as Bertie McVeigh, was a judge in Northern Ireland.
Born in Derry, McVeigh studied at Foyle College and Queen's University Belfast and became a barrister in 1931. He became a QC in 1948, then a High Court judge in 1956, and was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1964. In 1965, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
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British judge
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Herbert McVeigh was born on 8 December 1908.
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Herbert McVeigh died on 3 October 1977.
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Herbert McVeigh was a judge.
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