Sir Gerald Gray Fitzmaurice GCMG QC (24 October 1901 – 7 September 1982)[1][2] was an English barrister and judge.
He was born on 24 October 1901, the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice and Mabel Gertrude Gray, in Storrington, Sussex.
[3][2] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1925 and worked as a legal advisor to the Foreign Service in 1929.
In 1960, he left his position as Senior Legal Advisor to accept an appointment as judge at the International Court of Justice, completing Sir Hersch Lauterpacht's term who had died mid-term, and was re-elected for a full term in 1963; he served in the court until 1973.
[2][5] In 1974, he was elected as Judge of the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg, a position he served in until 1980.