Elizabeth Butler-Sloss Baroness Butler-Sloss Politician

Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, GBE, PC (born 10 August 1933, née Havers) is a retired English judge. She was the first female Lord Justice of Appeal and, until 2004, was the highest-ranking female judge in the United Kingdom. Until June 2007, she chaired the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed. She stood down from that task with effect from that date, and the inquest was conducted by Lord Justice Scott Baker.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Havers Ann Elizabeth Oldfield
Birth date	August 10, 1933
Birth name	Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Havers
Birth place	England , Buckinghamshire
Nationality	United Kingdom
Religion	Anglicanism

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Office holder

office	Lord Justice of Appeal (Family Division) High Court judge President of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice
relation	Michael Havers Baron Havers Nigel Havers Cecil Havers Philip Havers
successor	Mark Potter (judge)