George Engle

Sir George Lawrence Jose Engle KCB QC (13 September 1926 – 14 September 2016)[1] was a British barrister and First Parliamentary Counsel between 1981 and 1987.

Sir George Engle
First Parliamentary Counsel
In office
1981–1987
Preceded bySir Henry Rowe
Succeeded bySir Henry de Waal
Personal details
Born
George Lawrence Jose Engle

13 September 1926
Brussels, Belgium
Died14 September 2016

Engle was a contemporary at Charterhouse (where he was in Hodgsonites) of Gerald Priestland, William Rees-Mogg and Simon Raven.[2] He was a distinguished scholar, being Head of School and editor of The Carthusian school magazine.[3]

Before going up to Christ Church, Oxford to read Mods and Greats, Engle completed his National Service in the Royal Artillery. He took a double-First degree. Although he considered becoming an academic philosopher, he opted for the law, being called to the Bar in 1953 from Lincoln's Inn[4] and taking a post with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1957, drafting government bills. He was seconded to Nigeria to draft legislation in 1965 until 1967.[5] Engle was appointed C.B. in 1976,[6] and K.C.B. in 1983[7] having become First Parliamentary Counsel in 1981. Engle was also appointed Queen's Counsel in 1983,[8][9][10] and Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1984. Retiring in 1986, he retained an interest in legislation as a member of the Hansard Society's commission on the legislative process.[11] Engle was a founder of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel.[12]

Engle was noted for a vast library, containing, alongside major works, very obscure books.[13] He was president of the Kipling Society from 2001 to 2008.[14] He died 14 September 2016, survived by his wife of sixty years, Irene (née Lachmann;[15] sister of immunologist Sir Peter Lachmann),[16] three daughters, and grandchildren.[17][18][19] Both Engle and his wife were Jewish.[20][21]

References
  1. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-george-engle-2vwmzr8tm
  2. Something Understood, Gerald Priestland, Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1988, pp. 56-57
  3. Charterhouse website, Obituaries section URL= https://www.charterhouse.org.uk/foundation/obituaries Date accessed= 28 April 2018
  4. The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, 1914-1965, ed. William Paley Baildon, Sir Ronald Roxburgh, 2001, p. 850
  5. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-george-engle-2vwmzr8tm
  6. The London Gazette, 12 June 1976, p. 8017 URL= https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46919/supplement/8017/data.pdf
  7. Supplement to The London Gazette, 11 June 1983, p. B3 URL= https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49375/supplement/3/data.pdf
  8. The London Gazette, 12 April 1983, p. 5157 URL= https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49320/page/5157/data.pdf
  9. Law Notes, vol. 102, p. 129
  10. The New Law Journal, vol. 133, 1984, p. 332
  11. Charterhouse website, Obituaries section URL= https://www.charterhouse.org.uk/foundation/obituaries Date accessed= 28 April 2018
  12. Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel newsletter February 2017, ed. Ross Carter, p. 6
  13. Something Understood, Gerald Priestland, Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1988, p. 58
  14. https://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/obituaries-2016
  15. Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel newsletter February 2017, ed. Ross Carter, p. 8
  16. The Oriental Music Broadcasts, 1936-1937: A Musical Ethnography of Mandatory Palestine, vol. 10, Robert Lachmann, A-R Editions, Inc (Middleton, Wisconsin), p. xiii
  17. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-george-engle-2vwmzr8tm
  18. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=george-engle&pid=181452954
  19. Charterhouse website, Obituaries section URL= https://www.charterhouse.org.uk/foundation/obituaries Date accessed= 28 April 2018
  20. http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/obituaries-2016
  21. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-george-engle-2vwmzr8tm
Legal offices
Preceded by
Sir Henry Rowe		 First Parliamentary Counsel
1981–1987		 Succeeded by
Sir Henry de Waal
Preceded by
Terence Skemp		 Second Parliamentary Counsel
1980–1981		 Succeeded by
Sir Henry de Waal
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