Sir Edward George Caldwell, KCB (born 21 August 1941) is a British lawyer and retired parliamentary draftsman.[1]

Early life and career

Born in 1941, Caldwell attended Clifton College and Worcester College, Oxford,[2] graduating with a second-class BA in jurisprudence in 1963.[3] He worked for the Law Commission between 1967 and 1969, before joining the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1969. He was promoted to be a Parliamentary Counsel in 1981, and then First Parliamentary Counsel in 1999, serving until retirement in 2002.[2]

Caldwell was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1990 New Year Honours,[4] and promoted to Knight Commander in the 2002 New Year Honours.[5] He was made an honorary Queen's Counsel in 2002 and an honorary bencher of the Inner Temple three years later.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 648. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Caldwell, Sir Edward (George)", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "University news", The Times, 25 July 1963, p. 15.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette, 29 December 1989 (supplement no. 51981), p. 3.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette, 31 December 2001 (supplement no. 56430), p. 2.


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