# Robert Gatehouse
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{{Short description|British barrister and judge (1924–2002)}}
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'''Sir Robert Alexander Gatehouse''' (30 January 1924 – 30 October 2002) was a British barrister and judge. He was a [Justice of the High Court](/source/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)) (Queen's Bench Division) from 1985 to 1996.
== Biography ==
The son of [Major-General](/source/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)) [Alexander Hugh Gatehouse](/source/Alexander_Gatehouse), he attended [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College%2C_Berkshire), before being commissioned into the [Royal Dragoons](/source/Royal_Dragoons) during the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War). He saw service in Western Europe in 1944–1945 from the [invasion of Normandy](/source/invasion_of_Normandy), when he was wounded, to the German surrender. During the war, he is said to have made an enemy tank surrender at gunpoint with his pistol.[{{Cite news |date=13 November 2002 |title=Sir Robert Gatehouse |work=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/sir-robert-gatehouse-2d3dblskvfp}}]
Returning to civilian life, Gatehouse attended [Trinity Hall, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_Hall%2C_Cambridge); among his contemporaries were [Lee Kuan Yew](/source/Lee_Kuan_Yew) and [Kwa Geok Choo](/source/Kwa_Geok_Choo).
Gatehouse was [called to the bar](/source/Call_to_the_bar) in 1950 by [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) and joined the chambers of John Thompson, QC, which had a general common law practice and one in personal injury. In 1955, he moved chambers to 1 Brick Court (now [Brick Court Chambers](/source/Brick_Court_Chambers)), where he had a mixed practice, including appeals to the [Privy Council](/source/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council) from Commonwealth countries. He became a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 1969.