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British barrister and judge (–)

For the medieval Cambro-Norman-Irish nobleman and early member of the FitzGerald dynasty, see Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly.

For the British diplomat, see Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice.

Sir Gerald Gray FitzmauriceGCMG QC (24 October &#; 7 September )^[1][2] was an Englishbarrister and judge. He was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration between and and a Judge of the International Court of Justice between and , before becoming a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg in

Early life and education

He was born on 24 October , the eldest son of Vice-AdmiralSir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice and Mabel Gertrude Gray, in Storrington, Sussex.

He studied at Malvern College and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in While at Gonville and Caius, Fitzmaurice was a pupil of Arnold McNair. Fitzmaurice took a first in both pa