Thomas Hetherington

Major Sir Thomas Chalmers Hetherington, KCB, CBE, QC, TD (18 September 1926 – 28 March 2007), better known as Sir Tony Hetherington, was a British barrister. He was Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales from 1977 to 1987, and was the first head of the Crown Prosecution Service for the year after it was founded in 1986. Hetherington was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. His father was a doctor. After being educated at Rugby School, h... More

Major Sir Thomas Chalmers Hetherington, KCB, CBE, QC, TD (18 September 1926 – 28 March 2007), better known as Sir Tony Hetherington, was a British barrister. He was Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales from 1977 to 1987, and was the first head of the Crown Prosecution Service for the year after it was founded in 1986. Hetherington was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. His father was a doctor. After being educated at Rugby School, he served for three years in the Royal Artillery in the Middle East. He continued to serve in the Territorial Army until 1967, rising to the rank of major. He read law at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1951, and was called to the Bar in 1952 at the Inner Temple. He joined the government legal service, in the legal department of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. He became part of the legal team supporting the Attorney-General and the Solicitor General in 1962. He was head of the permanent legal staff of the Law Officers from...

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