Roger Connor

Roger David Connor (born 8 June 1939) is a British judge. Early life Connor was born in 1939, the son of Susie Violet (née Spittlehouse) and Thomas Bernard Connor. He attended Merchant Taylors' School in London, before studying at Brunel College of Advanced Science and Technology. He then studied law at The College of Law. Legal career Connor's professional career began as a solicitor. He did an apprenticeship with J. R. Hodder between 1963 and 1968, before working as an assistant solicitor. In 1970, he became a partner in Hodders Solicitors, a position he held until 1983. He served as a Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate between 1983 and 1991, acting as a recorder for the last four of these years. In 1991, he became a circuit judge. He retired in 2005, and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. During his time as a judge, he was once suspended from a case for laughing during the speech of a defence counsel.