Viscount Jowitt

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Viscount Jowitt was a British Labour politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Manchester Grammar School
Middle Temple
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Jowitt
fieldOfWork law
politics
givenName William
honorificTitle Baron Jowitt
Earl Jowitt
Viscount Jowitt self-linksurface differs
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
namedAfter William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
nobleTitle Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
notableFor leading figure in the Labour government’s legal policy after World War II
prominent British Labour politician and lawyer of the mid-20th century
service as Lord Chancellor in the Attlee government
notableWork participation in post-World War II legal and constitutional reforms
occupation Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

barrister
judge
politician
parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
partOf Attlee government
surface form: Attlee ministry
positionHeld Attorney General for England and Wales
Bencher of the Middle Temple
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Solicitor General for England and Wales
religion Anglicanism
representedInParliament Ashton-under-Lyne
Preston
The Hartlepools

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subject surface form: William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt