Henry Brandon, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook

For other people named Henry Brandon, see Henry Brandon (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Brandon of Oakbrook PC MC
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 24 September 1981 – 30 September 1991
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	The Lord Edmund-Davies
Succeeded by	The Lord Browne-Wilkinson
Personal details
Born	Henry Vivian Brandon (1920-06-03)3 June 1920
Died
Nationality	British
Occupation	Judge
Profession	Barrister

Henry Vivian Brandon, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook PC MC (3 June 1920 – 24 March 1999) was a British judge.

He was educated at Winchester College and after university served as an officer in the British Army where he won the Military Cross. He was called to the Bar and practised in the Admiralty Division.

Brandon became a member of the Privy Council in 1978, and was Lord Justice of Appeal (the youngest Appeal Judge of the century) between 1978 and 1981. On 24 September 1981, he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and was created a life peer with the title Baron Brandon of Oakbrook, of Hammersmith in Greater London. In 1991, he retired as Lord of Appeal.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages