Francis Jacobs

Sir Francis Geoffrey Jacobs KCMG KC (born 8 June 1939)[1] is a British jurist who served as Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities from October 1988 to January 2006.

He was educated at the City of London School, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he read Mods and Greats (Classics), and Nuffield College, Oxford, where he read for a DPhil in Law.

[2] He practised as a barrister from Fountain Court Chambers in London.

He married in 1975 (as his second wife) Susan Cox, granddaughter of Michael Gordon Clark; they have three daughters and one son.

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