Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, Earl, 1885-1957
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Name (Latin)
Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, Earl, 1885-1957
Other forms of name
nnaa Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl, 1885-1957
Jowitt, Earl, 1885-1957
Date of birth
1885-04-15
Date of death
1957-08-16
Field of activity
Law
Occupation
Attorneys general
Legislators
Nobility
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Jowitt's dictionary of English law. 5th edition, 2019:page xix (William Allen Jowitt, the first Earl Jowitt; born in Stevenage on April 15, 1885; educated at Marlborough and New College, Oxford; called to the Bar in 1909; became King's Counsel and was elected Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools as a member of the Liberal Party; first took office as Attorney General in 1929 in Ramsey MacDonald's Labour government; served as Solicitor General in Churchill's coalition government followed by a number of ministerial positions; appointed Lord Chancellor in 1945; he became an Earl in 1951; died August 16, 1957)
- His Jowitt's Dictionary of Englsih law, 1977:t.p. (Rt. Hon the Earl Jowitt)
- LC in RLIN, 2-23-88(hdg.: Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl, 1885-1957; usage: Earl Jowitt)