Rose Heilbron

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Dame Rose Heilbron QC
Born(1914-08-19)August 19, 1914
DiedDecember 8, 2005(2005-12-08) (aged 91)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationThe Belvedere School
University of Liverpool
Occupation(s)Lawyer and judge
Known forlots of firsts in UK legal history
SpouseDr Nathaniel Burstein

Dame Rose Heilbron DBE QC (19 August 1914 - 8 December 2005) was a British lawyer and judge. In 1949, she became one of the first women to be appointed Queen's Counsel in Britain.

She graduated from Liverpool University in 1935, and became a lawyer in 1939. She was made Queen's Counsel in 1949, and was made a full-time judge in the High Court in 1974. She retired as a judge in 1988.