Admitted 1998, Called 1990, Silk 2020, Bencher 2021
The Baroness Mills of Greenwich KC
First black woman elected as Chair of the Bar Council, in the 131-year history of the organisation
1875 - 1950
Vallabhbhai Patel
Barrister, Activist and Statesman.
Dr Tunde Okewale MBE
Youngest member of The Inner Temple to be elected as a Bencher.
1834 - 1892
Thomas Morris Chester
American war correspondent, lawyer and soldier who took part in the American Civil War.
1904 – 1978
Teo Soon Kim
Singaporean barrister who became the first woman admitted to the Straits Settlement Bar, the first female barrister in Hong Kong, as well as the third Malayan Chinese woman to be a Barrister in England.
1914 - 1991
Taslim Olawale Elias QC LLD CFR GCON
Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Nigeria and a judge and President of the International Court of Justice
1906 - 1974
Stella Thomas
The first Black African woman to be called to the Bar, the first female magistrate in West Africa and the First Chief of the mid-western region in Nigeria.
1899 - 1959
The Honourable S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
Fourth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956 – 59)
1937 - 2021
Sibghatullah Kadri QC
Co-founder of the Society of Black Lawyers and Britain’s first Muslim QC.
1921 – 1980
Sir Seretse Khama GCB KBE
The first President of Botswana 1966 to 1980.
Dr S Chelvan
Globally recognised legal expert on refugee and human rights claims based on sexual or gender identity and expression.
1851 – 1930
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG KC
Solicitor General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.