{{Short description|British lawyer and army officer (1917–2014)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Sir Edward Walter Eveleigh''', ERD (8 October 1917 – 24 September 2014) was a British barrister, judge and British Army officer. He presided over a number of high-profile cases including that of the serial killer Graham Young and the former MP John Stonehouse. He went on to serve as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1977 to 1985.<ref name="obit - Guardian">{{cite news|last1=Morton|first1=James|title=Sir Edward Eveleigh obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/oct/09/edward-eveleigh|accessdate=19 October 2014|work=The Guardian|date=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="obit - Times">{{cite news|title=Sir Edward Eveleigh|url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-law-firms/profile-legal/article/sir-edward-eveleigh-hvwc3nrhhcs|access-date=19 October 2014|work=The Times|date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="obit - Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Sir Edward Eveleigh - obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11139364/Sir-Edward-Eveleigh-obituary.html|accessdate=19 October 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=3 October 2014}}</ref>
==Early life== Eveleigh was born on 8 October 1917 in Eastleigh, Hampshire.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> His father was a railway clerk.<ref name="obit - Times" /> He was educated at Peter Symonds Grammar School, an all-boys grammar school in Winchester.<ref name="obit - Telegraph" /> While at school, he held the record for the 100-yard dash.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> He was a member of his school's Officer Training Corps, the forerunner to the Combined Cadet Force.<ref name="LG 28 August 1936" />
He studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford University.<ref name="obit - Times" /> Following a break in his studies when he was called up at the start of WW2, he graduated in 1940 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.<ref name="obit - Guardian" /> This was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Oxon), as per tradition.
==Career== ===Military service=== Eveleigh was commissioned into the reserve of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 29 August 1936 as a second lieutenant.<ref name="LG 28 August 1936">{{London Gazette |issue=34318 |date=28 August 1936 |page=5599 }}</ref> He was called up at the start of World War II and served for six weeks during the Phoney War before returning to his university studies.<ref name="obit - Guardian" />
===Legal career=== He took silk in 1961, having been appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) on 10 April of that year.<ref name="LG 11 April 1961">{{London Gazette |issue=42324 |date=11 April 1961 |page=2651 }}</ref>
On 25 April 1961, he was appointed a Recorder, a part-time judge, sitting at the magistrates' court of Burton-upon-Trent.<ref name="LG 28 April 1961">{{London Gazette |issue=42341 |date=28 April 1961 |page=3164 }}</ref>
==Arms== {{Infobox COA wide |motto = Facias Ipse <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/baz_manning/22295908241/in/album-72157659963928316/ |title= Lincoln's Inn Great Hall, Wd27 Everleigh, E |publisher=Baz Manning |accessdate=19 December 2020}}</ref>}}
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