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Charles Mantell
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'''Sir Charles Barrie Knight Mantell''', [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]] (30 January 1937 — 1 May 2010) was a [[High Court of Justice|High Court judge]] in [[England and Wales]], notable for presiding at the trial of [[Rosemary West]].
Mantell was born in [[Romiley]], then part of [[Cheshire]], the second son of Francis Christopher Knight Mantell and Elsie, née Caton. His younger brother was actor, [[Knight Mantell]]. He attended [[Manchester Grammar School]] and studied law at the [[University of Manchester]]. He married (Anne) Shirley Cogger in 1960 after [[National Service]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] between 1958 and 1961, he was [[call to the bar|called to the bar]] by [[Gray's Inn]] and later served at the chambers of [[Patrick Russell (judge)|Sir Patrick Russell]] in [[Manchester]]. He practised on the [[Circuit judge (England and Wales)|Northern Circuit]] and was present at the trials of the [[Birmingham Six]], [[Trevor Hardy]] and [[Terrance John Clark|Terry Clark]]. Between 1982 and 1985 Mantell was a [[Supreme Court (Hong Kong)|Supreme Court]] judge in [[Hong Kong]], returning to Britain as a judge on the Western Circuit. In 1990 he was appointed to the High Court and knighted.
==References==
*[http://bit.ly/2RLT0tv Obituary, ''Sir Charles Mantell'' ''The Telegraph'', 11 May 2010]
*[http://bit.ly/2Ha1O8D Obituary, ''Sir Charles Mantell'' ''The Scotsman'', 13 May 2010]
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School]]
[[Category:People from Cheshire (before 1974)]]
[[Category:Queen's Bench Division judges]]
Mantell was born in [[Romiley]], then part of [[Cheshire]], the second son of Francis Christopher Knight Mantell and Elsie, née Caton. His younger brother was actor, [[Knight Mantell]]. He attended [[Manchester Grammar School]] and studied law at the [[University of Manchester]]. He married (Anne) Shirley Cogger in 1960 after [[National Service]] in the [[Royal Air Force]] between 1958 and 1961, he was [[call to the bar|called to the bar]] by [[Gray's Inn]] and later served at the chambers of [[Patrick Russell (judge)|Sir Patrick Russell]] in [[Manchester]]. He practised on the [[Circuit judge (England and Wales)|Northern Circuit]] and was present at the trials of the [[Birmingham Six]], [[Trevor Hardy]] and [[Terrance John Clark|Terry Clark]]. Between 1982 and 1985 Mantell was a [[Supreme Court (Hong Kong)|Supreme Court]] judge in [[Hong Kong]], returning to Britain as a judge on the Western Circuit. In 1990 he was appointed to the High Court and knighted.
==References==
*[http://bit.ly/2RLT0tv Obituary, ''Sir Charles Mantell'' ''The Telegraph'', 11 May 2010]
*[http://bit.ly/2Ha1O8D Obituary, ''Sir Charles Mantell'' ''The Scotsman'', 13 May 2010]
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester]]
[[Category:Knights Bachelor]]
[[Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School]]
[[Category:People from Cheshire (before 1974)]]
[[Category:Queen's Bench Division judges]]
January 13, 2019 at 09:01AM
