Rose Heilbron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rose Heilbron

British judge

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1914

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Dec-2005

Profession: judge, lawyer, barrister

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Dame Rose Heilbron DBE (19 August 1914 – 8 December 2005) was a High Court judge, previously a barrister of the post-war period in the United Kingdom.
Her career included many "firsts" for a woman – she was the first woman to achieve a first class honours degree in law at the University of Liverpool, the first woman to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, one of the first two women to be appointed King's Counsel in England, the first woman to lead in a murder case, the first woman Recorder, the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey, and the first woman Treasurer of Gray's Inn.
She was also the second woman to be appointed a High Court judge, after Elizabeth Lane.