Sir Charles Eustace Harman (1894 - 14 November 1970) was a lawyer

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 and judge

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 in England

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 and Wales

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Charles Harman was appointed a Justice of the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 12 December 1947. A few days later he was knighted. He was promoted to be a Lord Justice of Appeal

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 in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

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 on 7 April 1959. Following that appointment, Harman was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom

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. He retired from his judicial office on 6 June 1970.

Reference

• The Judges of England 1272-1990, by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993)