Lord Williams of Mostyn, leader of the House of Lords
Michael Rhodes
<<Lord Williams of Mostyn, QC>>
THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Baroness
Farrington of Ribbleton at a memorial service for Lord Williams of
Mostyn, QC, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords since
2001, held 20 January, 2004, at Westminster Abbey.
The Prince of Wales was represented by Lord Morris of Aberavon, QC.
The Dean of Westminster officiated, assisted by the Rev Chris Chivers,
Minor Canon. Mr Malcolm Craddock and Miss Victoria Sharp, QC, led
prayers in English and Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan, Senior
Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in Welsh.
Earl Ferrers and Lord Dholakia read the lesson and the Hon Imogen
Russell Williams, daughter, read her own poem, Sestina.
Mr Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, and Lord Steyn gave addresses.
The Rev Graeme Napier, Minor Canon and Succentor, was robed and seated
in the Sanctuary.
During the service Miss Nicola Hughes, soprano, sang September and
Frühling by Richard Strauss with The Royal Welsh College of Music and
Drama Symphonia, conducted by Mr Howard Williams.
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor,
accompanied by Lady Falconer of Thoroton, was present.
The Prime Minister and HM Government was represented by Mr John
Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister.
The Lord Privy Seal, the Leader of HM Opposition, the Leader of the
Ulster Unionist Party, the Lord Mayor of Westminster and her Consort
and the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and Mrs Clayton attended.
The Lord Chief Justice was represented by Lord Justice Judge.
Among others present were:
Lady Williams of Mostyn (widow), Mr James Reynolds and the Hon Emma
Williams (son-in-law and daughter), Mr Geraint Williams (brother), Mrs
Catrin E Bramhall (sister), Mr and Mrs Dennis Russell (father-in-law
and mother-in-law), Dr Kamal Russell (brother-in-law), Mr Nirad
Russell, Mr Kiran Russell, Miss Allison Russell, Mr Joshua Williams,
Mr Evan Williams, Dr Edward Leslie and Mrs Mared Breese, Mr and Mrs K
Chorlton, Mrs Nesta Livesey, Miss Jane Williams, Mr Alastair Harper,
Miss Sonia Gupta, Miss Jennifer McCanna.
The Hungarian Ambassador, the High Commissioner for India, the
Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland with the Attorney General and
the Chief Justice; the Marquess of Salisbury, Earl Attlee, the Earl of
Caithness, the Earl of Courtown, Earl Jellicoe, the Earl of Listowel,
the Earl of Rosslyn, Earl Russell, the Earl of Sandwich, Viscount
Bledisloe, QC, Viscount Brookeborough, Viscount and Viscountess
Chandos, Viscount Simon, Viscount Slim, Viscount Tenby, Viscount
Ullswater, Viscount Falkland, Viscount and Viscount Eccles.
Lord Ackner, Lord Acton, Lord Ahmed, Lord Alexander of Weedon, QC,
Lord Alli, Lord Ampthill, Baroness Andrews, Lord Archer of Sandwell,
QC, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Lord Bach, Lord Bagri, Lord Barnett,
Lord Bernstein of Craigweil, Baroness Billingham, Baroness Blackstone,
Lord Blaker, Baroness Blatch, Lord Borrie, QC, and Lady Borrie, Lord
Boston of Faversham, QC, Lord Bowness, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Lord and
Lady Bragg, Lord Brennan, QC, and Lady Brennan, Lord Brightman, Lord
and Lady Brooke of Alverthorpe, Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH,
Lord Brookman, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord Burns, Lord Camoys (the
Chequers Estate), Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC, Lord Carlisle of
Bucklow, QC, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, Lord Carter, Lord Chadlington,
Lord Chalfont, Lord Chorley, Lady Cledwyn of Penrhos, Lord
Clement-Jones, Lord Clinton-Davis.
Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, Lord Colwyn, Lord Cooke of Islandreagh,
Lord Cope of Berkeley, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Lord Craig of
Radley, Lord Crathorne, Baroness Crawley, Lord Dahrendorf, Baroness
David, Lord Davies of Coity, Lord Davies of Oldham, Baroness Dean of
Thornton-le-Fylde, Lord Desai, Lord Donoughue, Lord Dubs, Lord Eatwell
and Professor John Tiley (Queen's College, Cambridge), Lord and Lady
Eden of Winton, Baroness Elles, Lord Elliott of Morpeth, Lord Elton,
His Honour Lord Elystan-Morgan, Lord Evans of Parkside, Lord and Lady
Evans of Temple Guiting, Lord Falconer of Worcester, Lord Feldman,
Lord Fellowes, Lord Filkin, Baroness Flather, Baroness Fookes, Lord
and Lady Fowler, Baroness Gale, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Lord
Garel-Jones, Lord Gavron, Lord and Lady Glentoran, Baroness Golding,
Lord Goldsmith, QC, and Lady Goldsmith, Lord Goodhart, QC, and Lady
Goodhart, Baroness Goudie, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, Lord
Grabiner, QC.
Lord Graham of Edmonton, Lord Gray of Contin, Lord Gregson, Lord
Grenfell, Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach, Lord Grocott (Government
Chief Whip, House of Lords), Lord Hacking, Baroness Hamwee, Lord
Hannay of Chiswick, Lord Hardie, Lord Harding of Petherton, Lady
Haslam, Lord Hayhoe, Baroness Hayman, Lord Henley, Lady Hollick, Lord
Holme of Cheltenham, Lord Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, and Lady Howe,
Baroness Howells of St Davids, Lord Hoyle, Lord Hughes of Woodside,
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord Hussey of North Bradley, Lord Hylton,
Lord and Lady Irvine of Lairg, Lord Janner of Braunstone, QC, Baroness
Jay of Paddington, Lord Jenkin of Roding, Lord Jones, Lord Jopling,
Lord Judd, Lord Kilclooney, Lord King of Bridgwater, CH, Lord
Kingsland, QC, Lord Kirkhill, Lord Laming, Lord Lamont of Lerwick,
Lord Lea of Crondall, Lord Lester of Herne Hill, QC.
Lord Lewis of Newnham, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, Lord Lipsey,
Lord Livsey of Talgarth, Lord Lucas of Crudwell and Dingwall, Lord
Luke, Lord Lyell, Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, Lord Macfarlane of
Bearsden, KT, and Lady Macfarlane, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, and
Lady Mackay, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, Lord Maclennan of Rogart,
Baroness Mallalieu, QC, Baroness Masham of Ilton, Lord and Lady Mason
of Barnsley, Lord Mayhew of Twysden, QC, Lord and Lady McIntosh of
Haringey, Lord McNally, Baroness Massey of Darwen, Lord and Lady
Merlyn-Rees, Lord and Lady Mitchell, Lord Monson, Lord Morgan, Lord
Morris of Manchester, Lord Mowbray and Stourton, Lord Moynihan, Lord
Murton of Lindisfarne, Lord Murray of Epping Forest, Baroness Nicol,
Baroness Northover, Lord Oakshott of Seagrove Bay, Baroness O'Cathain,
Lord Palmer, Lord Paul, Baroness Perry of Southwark, Lord Peston, Lord
Peyton of Yeovil, Baroness Pitkeathley, Professor Lord and Lady Plant
of Highfield, Lord Plum, Lord Radice.
Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, Baroness Rawlings, Lord Razzall, Baroness
Rendell of Babergh, Professor Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, Lord Renton,
QC, Lord Richard, QC, Lord Roberts of Conwy, Lord Rodgers of Quarry
Bank, Lord Rogan, Lord Roper, Lord Rooker, Lord and Lady Rotherwick,
Lord Saatchi, Lady Saltoun, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, QC, Lady
Seccombe, Lord Selsdon, Baroness Sharp of Guildford, Baroness
Sharples, Lord Shaw of Northstead, Lord and Lady Sheldon, Lord Shutt
of Greetand, Lord Simon of Highbury, Lord Slynn of Hadley, Lord Smith
of Clifton, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, Lord St John of Fawsley,
Baroness Stern, Lord Stone of Blackheath, Baroness Strange, Lord
Strathclyde, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, Lord Taylor of
Blackburn, Lord Temple-Morris, Lord Thomson of Monifieth, KT, Lord
Trefgarne (Association of Conservative Peers), Baroness Trumpington,
Lord Tugendhat, Lord Varley, Field Marshal Lord Vincent of Coleshill,
Lord Vivian, Lord Waddington, QC, Lord Wakeham, Baroness Walmsley,
Lord Walpole, Lord Walton of Detchant, Lord Warner, Baroness Warnock,
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, Lord Weatherill, Baroness Whitaker,
Lord Whitty, Lord Wigoder, QC, Baroness Wilkins, Baroness Williams of
Crosby, Lord and Lady Williams of Elvel, Lord Wilson of Dinton, Lord
Windlesham, Lady Woolf.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Mr Leo Beckett, the
Secretary of State for International Development, the Secretary of
State for Transport, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the
Secretary of State for Defence, the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Secretary
of State for Trade and Skills, the Government Chief Whip and
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, the Minister without
Portfolio and Chairman of the Labour Party, the Chief Secretary to the
Treasury.
Mr Stephen Byers, MP, Mr Frank Field, MP, Mr George Foulkes, MP, Ms
Jane Kennedy, MP, Mrs Helen Liddell, MP, Mr Chris Smith, MP, Sir Roy
Beldam, Mr Colin Boyd (Lord Advocate, Scottish Executive), Sir Anthony
Evans, Lord Justice Kay, Lord Justice May, Sir Philip and Lady Otton,
Miss Alice Perkins, Lord Justice and Lady Potter, Sir John and Lady
Roch, Lord Justice Rose, Lord Justice and Lady Thomas, Sir John
Wheeler, Lord Justice Wood.
The Hon Michael Beloff, QC, the Hon Harri Hughes, the Hon Gilpatrick
and Mrs Devlin, the Hon Kate Fowler, the Hon Daniel Janner, QC, the
Hon Katherine Morgan, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Mr V Sharma and
Baroness Prashar, Mr D and Lady Emma Heath.
Lady Justice Arden, Sir Christopher Benson, Mrs Tony Blair, Sir
Michael Craig-Cooper, Sir Richard and Lady Dearlove, Sir Alasdair
Fraser (Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland) with Mr
Roy Junkin (deputy Director) and Mr Oswyn Paulin (Crown Solicitor); Mr
Justice Gray, Mr Justice Gross, Mrs Justice Hallett, Sir Derek and
Lady Higgs, Mr Justice Hooper, Mr Justice Johnson, Sir Sydney
Kentridge, QC, Sir Sydney and Lady Lipworth, Dame Mavis McDonald, Mr
Justice Morland, Sir David Omand, Sir Idris Pearce, Mr Justice
Penry-Davey, Sir Hayden Phillips, Sir Peter Phillips (Cardiff
University) with Sir Brian Smith and Professor John King; Sir Joseph
Pilling, Mr Justice Pitchford, Sir David Ramsbotham, Sir Albert and
Lady Robinson, Sir David Rowe-Beddoe (chairman, Royal Welsh College of
Music and Drama) and Lady Rowe-Beddoe with Mr Edmond Fivet (principal)
and Mrs Fivet, Dr Geraint Stanley-Jones (vice-president) and other
members of the college; Sir Roger Sims, Sir Ronald and Lady
Waterhouse, Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, Dame Juliet Wheldon (Treasury
Solicitor), Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Willcocks (Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod).
Mr Nick Ainger, MP, Professor Michael Balls, Mr D R Beamish, Judge and
Mrs Nicholas Beddard, Mr Marcel Berlins, Mr P W Birts, QC, Professor
Vernon Bogdanor, Mr H M Boggis-Rolfe, Mr Peter Bottomley, MP, Mr
Geoffrey Bowman, Mr Ben Bradshaw, MP, Mr Stephen Bramley, Mr John
Bretherton, Mr D E Brittain-Catlin, Mr Russell Brown, MP, Mr Des
Browne, MP, Mr Simon Browne, Mr David Brummell, Judge John Bull, Mr
Simon Burton, Mr Anthony Butcher, MP, Mr Andrew Caldecott, QC,
Professor Ian Cameron, Mr Alan Campbell, Mr Jonathan Caplan, QC, and
Mrs Caplan, Miss Joanne Cash, Mr Michael Cashman, MEP, Mr Peter
Cazalet, Mr William Clegg, QC, Mr and Mrs Peter Colvin, Ms Yvette
Cooper, MP, Mr Ross Cranston, MP, Mr Lincoln Crawford, QC, Mr Arthur
Davidson, QC, Mr Douglas Day, QC, Mrs A De Freitas, Mr Robin de Wilde,
QC, Mr Jim Dowd, MP, Mr Denis Doble, Mr Graham Donald, Mr Hedley
Duncan, Mr Timothy Dutton, QC, and Mrs Sappho Dias, Judge D Elgan
Edwards, Mr Gerard Elias, QC, Mr and Mrs W Emrys Evans, Mr Anthony
Evans, QC, Mr Michael Foster, MP, His Honour Nigel Fricker, QC, Mr
Edward Garnier, QC, MP, Mr Philip Geering, Mr David Goldstone, Mr and
Mrs John Grief, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Griffiths, Mr and Mrs Neill
Harper, Miss Sarah Hanratty, Mr Patrick Harrington, QC, Mr and Mrs
Garry Hart, Mr Richard Hartley, QC, Ms Hilary Heilbron, QC, Judge Gary
Hickinbottom, Mr Stephen Hillcoat, Mr Jonathan Hirst, QC, and Mrs
Hirst, Mr Stephen Hockman, QC, Mr Andrew Hopper, QC, Dr Gwyn Howells,
Mrs Enid Howells, Dr Kim Howells, MP, Mr Peter Hughes, QC, Mr Chris
Jacobs, Mr Alan Jeffreys, QC, and Mrs Jeffreys, Mr M Kallipetis, QC,
Mr Brendan Keith, Mr Bruce Kilpatrick, Ms J Kugler, Miss E Lawson, QC,
Mr D Gareth Lewis, His Honour Esyr Lewis, QC, and Mrs Lewis, Mr James
Lindsay, Mr David Lloyd Jones, QC, Mr Elfyn Llwyd, MP, Professor A M
Lucas, Mr Tony McNulty, MP, Judge and Mrs S Marr-Johnson, Mr and Mrs M
F May, Mr Alun Michael, MP, Mr Alan Milburn, MP, Mr J H Miller, Mr Tom
Mohan, His Honour William Monro-Davies, QC, and Mrs Monro-Davies, Mr
Elliot Morley, MP.
Dr Doug Naysmith, MP, Mr Matthew Nicklin, QC, Mr William Norris, QC,
and Mrs Norris, Mr Nicholas Oppenheimer, Mr M B Page, Miss S Patel, Mr
A J Pearson, Mr Colin Pickthall, MP, Judge David Pitman, Mr M G
Pownall, Mr James Price, QC, Mr Jeffrey Pritchard, Mr Malcolm Pursell,
Mr Richard Rampton, QC, Judge Wyn Richards, Mr Peter Richardson, Judge
Gordon Risius, Mr Geoffrey Robertson, QC, Mr Chris Ruane, MP, Judge
Samuels, QC, Mrs Wendy Scott, Mr Anthony Scrivener, QC, and Mrs
Scrivener, Mr Robert Seabrook, QC, Mr Anthony Seys-Llewellyn, QC, Mr
Geoffrey Shaw, QC, Mr and Mrs Mark Sheldon, District Judge Ray Singh,
Mrs D Smith, Judge and Mrs Edward Southwell, Mr and Mrs Tony Spooner,
Ms Sue Street, Mr Peter Susman, QC, Mr and Mrs Robin Taylor, Professor
and Mrs J D R Thomas, Mr Paul Thomas, QC, Mr Gareth Thomas, MP, Mr Don
Touhig, MP, Mr G Treverton-Jones, QC, and Mrs Treverton-Jones, Dr P
Tudor, Mr Glenn Turner, Mr Keith Vaz, MP, Dr Rudi Viz, MP, Mr M
Waldo-Thomas, Mr Mike Watkins, Judge and Mrs Anthony Webb, Mr F
Wheeler.
Mrs Jean Williams, Mr and Mrs Richard Williams, Mr Geoffrey Williams,
QC, Mr Michael Wood, Mrs Betty Williams, MP, Mr Phil Woolas, MP, Mr
Alan Wright, Mr Clifford Allison (Treasurer of the Bar), Mr W L Banks
(Chevening Finance Committee), Mr Martin Bowley, QC (Bar Council), Mr
Desmond Browne, QC (5 Raymond Buildings) and Mrs Browne, Ms C Watson,
Mr Peter Carter and Ms Ruth Collard (Temple Gardens), Mr Adam Chapman
(Treasury Solicitor), Mr Nick Chibnall (Wales and Chester Circuit),
Major-General David Jenkins, Mr Iain Christie and Mr Gordon Bishop
(Gray's Inn), Dr Linda Clark, MP (Advocate General for Scotland), Ms S
Gore-Langton, Mr P Gwynn-Jones (Garter Principal King of Arms) with Mr
P L Dickinson, Mr Paul Hayter (Clerk of the Parliaments, House of
Lords), Master Peter Hurst (Senior Costs Judge, Supreme Court), Ms
Jean Corston, MP, Miss Catherine Jackson and Mr Alan Haworth
(Parliamentary Labour Party), Mr Matthias Kelly, QC (Chairman of the
Bar), Mr and Mrs R Loomba (Loomba Trust), Ms Anne McGuire
(Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scotland), Mr Ken Macdonald,
QC (Director of Public Prosecutions, England), Mr E G Moelwyn-Hughes
(Vice Judge Advocate General), Mr Kevin Martin (Law Society), Mr
Anthony Nelson (Citigroup).
Ms Anne Owers (HM Chief Inspector of Prisons), Mr Stephen Parkinson
and Mr Michael Caplan, QC (Kingsley Napley Solicitors), Mr Joshua
Rozenberg (The Daily Telegraph), Mr Alan Rusbridger (The Guardian) and
Mrs Rusbridger, Mr A Stephenson and Mr N Tait (Carter, Ruck and
Partners) and representatives of the Probation Boards Association, the
Magistrates Association, the Criminal Bar Association, the University
of Wales College of Medicine Council, the Guernsey Advisory and
Finance Committee, the Dorneywood Trust, the Welsh and Chester Circuit
(Barristers), the NSPCC, the Police Federation of England and Wales,
the General Council of the Bar, the Northern Ireland Human Rights
Commission and Farrar's Building with many other friends and former
colleagues.
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Michael Rhodes
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Louis Epstein
: <<Memorial Service>>
: <<Lord Williams of Mostyn, QC>>
: THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Baroness
: Farrington of Ribbleton at a memorial service for Lord Williams of
: Mostyn, QC, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords since
: 2001, held 20 January, 2004, at Westminster Abbey.
From June 2003 he had NOT been Lord Privy Seal,
but Lord President of the Council.
: The Prince of Wales was represented by Lord Morris of Aberavon, QC.
:
: The Dean of Westminster officiated, assisted by the Rev Chris Chivers,
: Minor Canon. Mr Malcolm Craddock and Miss Victoria Sharp, QC, led
: prayers in English and Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan, Senior
: Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in Welsh.
: Earl Ferrers and Lord Dholakia read the lesson and the Hon Imogen
: Russell Williams, daughter, read her own poem, Sestina.
: Mr Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
: Affairs, and Lord Steyn gave addresses.
:
: The Rev Graeme Napier, Minor Canon and Succentor, was robed and seated
: in the Sanctuary.
:
: During the service Miss Nicola Hughes, soprano, sang September and
: Fruehling by Richard Strauss with The Royal Welsh College of Music and
: Drama Symphonia, conducted by Mr Howard Williams.
:
: The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor,
endeavoring with usual absurdity to put his title backwards,
: accompanied by Lady Falconer of Thoroton, was present.
: The Prime Minister and HM Government was represented by Mr John
: Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister.
:
: The Lord Privy Seal, the Leader of HM Opposition, the Leader of the
: Ulster Unionist Party, the Lord Mayor of Westminster and her Consort
: and the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and Mrs Clayton attended.
What about Lady Amos,the present successor to both his posts?
: The Lord Chief Justice was represented by Lord Justice Judge.
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