List of members of Gray's Inn

To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns.

Outside the Bar and judiciary of England and Wales, members have included the clergy (including five Archbishops of Canterbury),[2] the industrialist John Wynne, the astronomer John Lee, media figures, such as Huw Thomas,[3] and members of the Bar and judiciary of other nations, such as Yang Ti-liang (former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong) and Aitzaz Ahsan (former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan).

[4][5] As well as full members, the Inn also offers honorary membership to particularly distinguished members of society.

During the Second World War, for example, both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill became honorary Benchers, and therefore members.

[6] Other than honorary members, this list only contains those individuals who were called to the Bar, not those who simply joined but left before qualifying.