Baron Birkett, of Ulverston in the County Palatine of Lancaster, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1958 for the prominent lawyer Sir Norman Birkett. He was one of the British

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 judges at the Nuremberg Trials

Nuremberg Trials

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 and also served as a Lord Justice of Appeal

Lord Justice of Appeal

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. the title is held by his son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1962.

Barons Birkett (1958)

• William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
  William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
  William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, QC PC was a British barrister, judge, politician and preacher who served as the alternate British judge during the Nuremberg Trials. Educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School...
  
   (1883–1962)
• Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett
  Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett
  Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett , is the son of William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett and Ruth Nilsson.-Biography:...
  
   (b. 1929)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Thomas Birkett (b. 1982)