About George William Penrose, Lord Penrose
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC (2 June 1938 – 1 May 2025) was a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court. Penrose qualified as a chartered accountant, was admitted to the bar as an advocate and was made Senior Counsel in 1978. Between 1988 and 1990, he worked in Crown Office, the prosecution service for Scotland. He was made Scotland's first commercial judge in 1994 and was acknowledged as an expert in commercial law. He chaired two major independent inquiries, establishing in each case complex authoritative narratives of events. == Background == Penrose was born on 2 June 1938. He had a son and two daughters. Penrose died on 1 May 2025, at the age of 86. == 2004 Equitable Life inquiry == Lord Penrose chaired the public inquiry that produced The Penrose Report into the near-collapse of the mutual life assurance company Equitable Life. In 2001, Lord Penrose was asked by the Treasury to investigate the history of the company.
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