Lord Justice of Appeal and sworn of the Privy Council. In 1995, he was one of the judges who heard Emma Humphreys' appeal against her conviction for murder, substituting a verdict of manslaughter. He retired in 1999 and was succeeded by Mr Justice Mance. From 2000 to 2010 he chaired the Spoliation Advisory Panel, which advises the British government on claims for cultural property looted during the Nazi era. Hirst died 31 December 2011 in London, after a long illness. Family Hirst met his wife, Pamela Elizabeth Molesworth Bevan, of Longstowe Hall, while at Cambridge. They married in 1951 and had three sons and two daughters. His son, Jonathan Hirst QC (1953–2017), was, like father, chairman of the Bar Council. References 1925 births 2011 deaths Knights Bachelor Lords Justices of Appeal Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College English King's Counsel Members of the Inner Temple Queen's Bench Division judges Royal Artillery officers Intelligence Corps officers 20th-century English judges British Army personnel of World War II