Tom Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill lived from October 13, 1933 to September 11, 2010 and was a British judge who served successively as Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. On his death in 2010 he was described as the greatest judge of his generation, and Baroness Hale of Richmond observed that his pioneering role in the formation of the United Kingdom Supreme Court may be his most important and long-lasting legacy. Lord Hope of Craighead described him as the greatest jurist of our time. After retiring from the judiciary in 2008, Bingham focused on teaching, writing, and lecturing on legal subjects, particularly human rights law. His book The Rule of Law was published in 2010 and was posthumously awarded the 2011 Orwell Prize for literature, and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law named the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in his honor.