John Armour

John Hamish Armour, (born 24 December 1971) is a British legal scholar. Since 2007, he has been Hogan Lovells Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Previously, he was a lecturer at the University of Nottingham and at the University of Cambridge, where he was also a fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. From 2023 he has been dean of the Faculty of Law.

Early life and education Armour was born on 24 December 1971 in Nottingham, England. He studied law at Pembroke College, Oxford, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1994, later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Oxon) as per tradition, and a post-graduate Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree in 1995. During his time at Cambridge, he was also a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. That year, he was also elected a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. In 2011, the chair was renamed as the Hogan Lovells Professorship of Law and Finance.

Armour has held a number of visiting academic appointments, including Visiting Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School and Visiting Scholar at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics of the University of Chicago.

Personal life In 2007, Armour married Rebecca Ann Williams, Professor of Public and Criminal Law at Oxford. They have two daughters and a son.

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