HANNEN, JAMES HANNEN, BARON English judge, was born at Peckham in 1821, and educated at St. Paul's and at Heidelberg university. Called to the bar in 1848, he rapidly made his name both in his own profession and in journalism. In 1868 Hannen was appointed judge of the court of Queen's Bench; in 1872 he became judge of the Probate and Divorce court, in 1825 president of the probate and admiralty division of the High Court of Justice, and lord of appeal in ordinary in 1893. His name is associated with many famous cases, notably that of Farrar v. Close, which affected the legal status of trade unions. He presided over the Parnell commission, and is said to have written a large part of the report himself. Hannen was one of the British arbitrators in the Bering sea enquiry in Paris in 1893. He died on March 29,