Alan King-Hamilton Judge

Myer Alan Barry King-Hamilton QC (9 December 1904 – 23 March 2010) was a British barrister and judge who was best known for hearing numerous high-profile cases at the Old Bailey during the 1960s and 1970s. These included the trial of Janie Jones in 1974 and the 1977 blasphemous libel trial against Gay News and its editor, Denis Lemon, for publishing "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name", a controversial poem by James Kirkup.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 09, 1904
Birth place
West Hampstead
Nationality
British nationality law
Religion
Judaism
Date of deathMarch 23, 2010
Education
Trinity Hall Cambridge

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