Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe

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British lawyer civil servant human peer of the United Kingdom

Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, was a British lawyer and civil servant best known for chairing the boundary commissions that partitioned British India into the independent states of India and Pakistan in 1947.

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Sir Cyril Radcliffe 3
Cyril Radcliffe 2
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British lawyer ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy British government NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt Haileybury and Imperial Service College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inns of Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
New College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork law ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Cyril NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonor membership of the Privy Council ⓘ
peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRole boundary commissioner ⓘ
government adviser ⓘ
law lord ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced political geography of South Asia ⓘ
knownFor Radcliffe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
role in the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
nobleTitle Viscount in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableFor chairing the boundary commissions for the partition of British India ⓘ
drawing the Radcliffe Line between India and Pakistan ⓘ
notableWork demarcation of the boundary between India and Pakistan in Bengal ⓘ
demarcation of the boundary between India and Pakistan in Punjab ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
judge ⓘ
participatedIn partition of British India ⓘ
positionHeld Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairman of the Bengal Boundary Commission ⓘ
chairman of the Punjab Boundary Commission ⓘ
chairman of various British government committees and commissions ⓘ
member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
title Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation British India NERFINISHED ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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Baron Radcliffe → titleHolder → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
Baron Radcliffe → namedAfter → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: Radcliffe Line
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → chairperson → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyril Radcliffe
Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal → namedAfter → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyril Radcliffe
Radcliffe Award → author → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Radcliffe Award → namedAfter → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Cyril Radcliffe
Radcliffe Award → signedBy → Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Cyril Radcliffe