William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, PC was a Labour politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor 1945-51. Married Lesley McIntyre in 1913. No sons and we think, no daughters. Entered the House of Lords in 1945.
The photo by Bassano Ltd, shows Jowitt in 1940.
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Earl Jowitt
Earl Jowitt, in his Lord Chancellor robes and wig, raises both hands, palms t...
The police station opened in what was then called Cottage Row. The name was changed to Gerald Road in 1885. After years of debate about its future, in 1993 the police moved to the newly completed B...
Conservative MP for Hammersmith / Hammersmith South, 1900-29. William James Bull was the son of Henry Bull, a solicitor. He sat on the committees for the repairs to the Palace of Westminster, and f...
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Person, Armed Forces, Law, France, Wales
Mill Hill Acton provides: "Richard White was a celebrated lawyer. His practice, White and Blake (joined at various times by third partners Ainge, Houseman and Tylee), was at 14 Essex Street, off th...
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