17 Facts About Humphrey Waldock

Humphrey Waldock attended Uppingham School and went up to Brasenose College, Oxford and earned a hockey blue in 1926.

Humphrey Waldock took a second-class in the classics moderations in 1925 and graduated with a second-class BA in jurisprudence in 1927 and BCL in 1928.

Humphrey Waldock was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1928.

Humphrey Waldock practised on the Midlands Circuit for a short period of time, but returned to Oxford.

Humphrey Waldock was a fellow at Brasenose and a lecturer in law from 1930 to 1947; and a lecturer in law at Oriel College from 1930 to 1939.

Humphrey Waldock took silk in 1951 and was knighted in 1961.

Humphrey Waldock was appointed OBE in 1942 and CMG in 1946.

Humphrey Waldock left this role in 1945 and returned to Oxford, developing a part-time practice in international cases before the International Court of Justice which he maintained until 1973.

Humphrey Waldock was editor of The British Year Book of International Law from 1955 to 1974.

Humphrey Waldock was elected bencher of Gray's Inn in 1956 and its treasurer in 1971.

Humphrey Waldock served on the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1961 to 1972.

Humphrey Waldock was the Special Rapporteur on the Law of Treaties from 1962 to 1966, was president in 1967, and served as the Special Rapporteur on the Succession of States in respect of Treaties from 1968 to 1972.

Humphrey Waldock served as the British judge in the European Court of Human Rights from 1966 until 1974 and in the International Court of Justice from 1973 until 1981.

Humphrey Waldock was the President of the ICJ from 1979 until his death in 1981.

Towards the end of his life, Humphrey Waldock lived in Lathbury Road, North Oxford.

Humphrey Waldock died in The Hague in 1981 of an apparent heart attack.

Humphrey Waldock wrote books on the law of mortgages, the use of force, general public international law and dozens of articles on international law.