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Jowitt, William Allen, 1st Earl Jowitt

Date of birth:
April 15th, 1885 (Stevenage/Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
August 16th, 1957 (Bury St Edmunds/Suffolk, United Kingdom)
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Political career during the Second World War:
May 1940 - March 1942: Solicitor General for England and Wales
1942: Paymaster-General
27 July 1945 – 26 October 1951: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain

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Rank:
His Majesty's Attorney General
Awarded on:
June 15th, 1929
Knight Bachelor
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1945
Baron Jowitt, of Stevenage in the County of Hertford.
Peerage of the United Kingdom

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