John Megaw was educated at the Royal Academical Institution in Belfast, before being elected to an open scholarship in Classics at St John's College, Cambridge.
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John Megaw then attended Harvard Law School on a Choate fellowship.
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John Megaw played rugby union internationally for Ireland, delaying his call to the bar for a term to take part in a match.
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John Megaw was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1934, having gained a certificate of honour in the bar finals.
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John Megaw became a pupil of Henry Willink at 3 Essex Court, and became a tenant there.
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John Megaw's practice was mainly in commercial law, in which he distinguished himself.
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John Megaw was demobilized with the rank of colonel and was awarded the US Legion of Merit.
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John Megaw was appointed Recorder of Middlesbrough in 1957 and elected a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1958, serving as treasurer in 1976.
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John Megaw was promoted a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1969, and was sworn of the Privy Council.
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John Megaw was an honorary fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and received an honorary LLD from Queen's University Belfast.
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John Megaw married Eleanor Grace Chapman in 1938; they had one son and two daughters.
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John Megaw was capped twice as an international rugby union player for Ireland in the 1930s, once 1934 against Wales and again in 1938 against England, both times playing at Number Eight.