Sir Peter Machin North CBE QC FBA (born 30 August 1936[1]) is a British academic lawyer who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1984 to 2005 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1993 to 1997.
From 1954 to 1956, he undertook national service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army.
[3] North began his academic career as a teaching fellow at Northwestern University in Chicago, United States, between 1960 and 1961.
[4] Returning to his alma mater, he was tutor in law (1965–1976) and a fellow (1965–1984) of Keble College, Oxford.
[7] More recently, North's review of the legal alcohol limit for driving was submitted to Philip Hammond, the then Secretary of State for Transport at the end of May 2010.