12 Facts About Robin Auld

Sir Robin Ernest Auld, was born on 19 July 1937 and is a former Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.

Robin Auld graduated with first-class honours in Law in 1958.

Robin Auld won a scholarship to train for the bar, and was called to the bar in Gray's Inn in 1959, placed first in order of merit in the Bar Final Examinations, and awarded the Macaskie and Holker Scholarships.

Robin Auld was, during his practice at the Bar from 1963 to 1987, admitted to the Bars of Northern Ireland, New York State USA, Hong Kong and New South Wales, Australia.

Robin Auld became a Fellow of King's College in 1987 and was appointed Visiting Professor for three years from 2007.

Robin Auld has served on the College Council and in other roles, including President of King's College London Association, and as a Member of the King's College London Campaign Board and Patron of the college's Bar Society.

In 1988 Auld was appointed a Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, and was knighted a month later.

In 1995 Robin Auld was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal and made a Member of the Privy Council.

Robin Auld retired from the Court of Appeal in 2007.

Sir Robin Auld is married to Catherine Alison Geissler, Professor Emerita of Human Nutrition at King's College London, past President of The Nutrition Society of the UK and Ireland, and Secretary-General of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.

Robin Auld was formerly married to Catherine Eleanor Mary Pritchard, by whom he has a son, Timothy, and a daughter, Rohan.

Robin Auld is a member of the Athenaeum Club, London, the Yale Club, and of the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.