Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan

The Right Honourable The Lord Nolan PC DL KC
Nolan in 1968 by Bassano Ltd
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 1994–1998
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Personal details
Born	Michael Patrick Nolan 10 September 1928
Died	22 January 2007
Nationality	British
Spouse	Margaret Noyes
Children	5
Alma mater	Wadham College, Oxford (MA)
Occupation	Judge
Profession	Barrister

Michael Patrick Nolan, Baron Nolan, PC, DL, KC (10 September 1928 – 22 January 2007) was a judge in the United Kingdom, and from 1994 until 1997 was the first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. In the words of his obituary in The Guardian, "Lord Nolan .. made a profound mark on national life by substantially cleansing the Augean stable of corrupt politics as founding chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life."