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