Heilbron, Rose (1914–2005)
Heilbron, Rose (1914–2005)
English lawyer. Name variations: Dame Rose Heilbron. Born Aug 19, 1914, in Liverpool, England; died Dec 8, 2005; graduate of Liverpool University, 1935; Gray's Inn, LLM, 1937; m. Dr. Nathaniel Burstein, 1945; children: 1 daughter.
Called to the bar (1939); a Queen's Counsel, was appointed recorder of Burnley (1956), a post she held until 1974; was appointed second High Court Judge (1974), on the Northern Circuit in the Family Division; advanced to Presiding Judge of Northern Circuit (1979); served as chair of Home Secretary's Advisory Group on Rape (1975); was the first woman to sit as judge at the Old Bailey. Made DBE (1974).
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