Viscount Radcliffe

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British lawyer civil servant hereditary title historical event human international boundary law lord title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Viscount Radcliffe was a British peerage title held by Cyril Radcliffe, a prominent 20th-century British lawyer and civil servant best known for drawing the boundary lines (the Radcliffe Line) that partitioned India and Pakistan in 1947.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe 0
Radcliffe Line 0
Partition of India 0

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British lawyer ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
human ⓘ
international boundary ⓘ
law lord ⓘ
title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Partition of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Partition of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Radcliffe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
extinctionReason died without male heirs ⓘ
hasEffect creation of India ⓘ
creation of Pakistan ⓘ
hasPart drawing of the Radcliffe Line ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
knownFor Radcliffe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
role in the Partition of India ⓘ
role in the creation of Pakistan’s borders ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor drawing the boundary between India and Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
notableWork Radcliffe Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
judge ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
pointInTime 1947 ⓘ
positionHeld Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED ⓘ
chair of boundary commissions for India and Pakistan ⓘ
significantEvent Partition of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
title Viscount Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baron Radcliffe → higherTitleHeldBySamePerson → Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
Baron Radcliffe → title → Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe