Ormerod was appointed a Justice of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 25 May 1948.
Following that appointment, Ormerod was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Sir Bernjamin Ormerod was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, served in Gallipoli and the Western Front.
He married Kathleen May Carter in 1916 and had 2 daughters and a son.
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