Peerage Record – 14283

     Fernando Muñoz y Gomez is the son of Fernando Muñoz Lopez and Regina Gomez Fernandez de Aranguiz.¹ He married Sarah-Jane Birdwood Archer, daughter of Geoffrey Thynne Valentine Archer and Hon. Sonia Gina Ogilvie Birdwood, in 1997.¹

     Regina Gomez Fernandez de Aranguiz lived at Bilbao, Spain^G.¹

     Christopher Norman Graham lived at Ealing, London, England^G.¹

     William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett was born on 6 September 1883.¹ He was the son of Thomas Birkett and Agnes Tyson.^1,2 He married Ruth Nilsson, daughter of Emil Nilsson, on 25 August 1920.¹ He died on 10 February 1962 at age 78.¹
     He was educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)¹ He graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)² He was admitted to Inner Temple in 1913 entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Nottingham East between December 1923 and October 1924.² He was appointed King’s Counsel (K.C.) in 1924.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for Nottingham East between 1929 and 1931.² He was admitted to Currier’s Company, as a Master.² He held the office of High Court Judge of the King’s Bench in 1941.² He was appointed Knight in 1941.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1947.² He held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1950 and 1957.¹ He was Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1956.² He held the office of a Bencher of the Inner Temple.² He was created 1st Baron Birkett, of Ulverston, in the County Palatine of Lancaster [U.K.] on 31 January 1958.¹ He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.)² He graduated from Hull University College, Hull, Yorkshire, England^G, with a Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.)² He graduated from Birmingham University, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England^G, with a Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.)² He graduated from London University, London, England^G, with a Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D.)² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.³
     

     Thomas Birkett married Agnes Tyson. He died in October 1913.²
     He lived at Nithsdale, Ulverston, Lancashire, England^G.¹

     Ruth Nilsson was the daughter of Emil Nilsson.¹ She married William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, son of Thomas Birkett and Agnes Tyson, on 25 August 1920.¹ She died in 1969.¹
     From 25 August 1920, her married name became Birkett.¹ After her marriage, Ruth Nilsson was styled as Baroness Birkett on 31 January 1958.

     Emil Nilsson lived at Sweden^G.¹

     Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett was born on 22 October 1929.¹ He was the son of William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett and Ruth Nilsson.¹ He married, firstly, Junia Elliott on 13 October 1960.¹ He married, secondly, Gloria Taylor, daughter of Thomas Taylor, in 1978.¹ He died on 3 April 2015 at age 85.²
     He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Birkett, of Ulverston, in the County Palatine of Lancaster [U.K., 1958] on 10 February 1962.¹ He was admitted to Currier’s Company, as a Master between 1975 and 1976.³ He was a film producer and theatre director.³ He lived in 2003 at Great Allfields, Balls Cross, Petworth, Sussex, England^G.³

     Junia Elliott married, secondly, Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, son of William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett and Ruth Nilsson, on 13 October 1960.¹ She died in 1973.¹
     Her married name became Crawford.¹ From 13 October 1960, her married name became Birkett.¹ After her marriage, Junia Elliott was styled as Baroness Birkett on 10 February 1962.