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Birkett, William Norman, (1883-1962), 1st Baron Birkett, judge

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Surname: Birkett
Forenames: William Norman
Gender: Male
Date: 1883-1962
Title: 1st Baron Birkett
History: Barrister and judge; briefed in a number of famous cases and appointed as alternate British Judge in Nuremberg War Criminals trial, 1945
Biography: ODNB link for Birkett, William Norman (1883-1962) 1st Baron Birkett, judge
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275676 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P139620 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for William Norman Birkett
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1935-1945: Home Office: Defence Regulation 18B, Advisory Committee Papers
The National Archives, Kew
HO 283
2
papers
See information in published source
See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 3 1977
3
papers rel to Nuremberg war trials
London University: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
4
1939-1948: letters to Violet Markham
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
MARKHAM
NRA 30246 Markham
5
1930-1961: corresp with Lord Monckton
Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections
Dep Monckton
NRA 20879 Monckton