Wilfrid Greene, 1st Baron Greene

The Lord Greene
Portrait of Lord Greene as Master of the Rolls, by Gluck
Master of the Rolls
In office
26 April 1937  1 June 1949
Preceded byThe Lord Wright
Succeeded byThe Lord Evershed
Personal details
Born
Wilfred Arthur Greene

30 December 1883
Beckenham, Kent
Died16 April 1952 (1952-04-17) (aged 68)
Dorking, Surrey
NationalityBritish
SpouseNancy Wright
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
ProfessionBarrister, judge

Wilfrid Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene, OBE, MC, PC (30 December 1883 16 April 1952) was a British lawyer and judge, noted for creating two crucial principles of administrative law, the Wednesbury doctrine and the Carltona doctrine.