Baron Jowitt

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Baron Jowitt was the title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.

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Baron Jowitt canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary title ⓘ
associatedChamber House of Lords ⓘ
associatedOfficeOfTitleHolder Lord Chancellor ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt ⓘ
creationDate 1945 ⓘ
extinctionDate 1965 (approximate, extinction with death of 2nd Earl Jowitt) ⓘ
extinctionReason death of only son without male heirs ⓘ
higherTitleOfHolder Earl Jowitt ⓘ
monarchAtCreation George VI ⓘ
nobleTitleHolder William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAffiliationOfTitleHolder Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
successorTitle Earl Jowitt ⓘ
titleHolderBirthDate 1885-04-15 ⓘ
titleHolderChild Eric Jowitt ⓘ
titleHolderConstituency Ashton-under-Lyne ⓘ
The Hartlepools ⓘ
titleHolderDeathDate 1957-08-16 ⓘ
titleHolderEducation Marlborough College ⓘ
New College, Oxford ⓘ
titleHolderFullName William Allen Jowitt ⓘ
titleHolderGovernment Attlee ministry ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government
titleHolderHonor Earl Jowitt ⓘ
titleHolderLegalOffice Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ
Solicitor General for England and Wales ⓘ
titleHolderMilitaryConflict World War I ⓘ
titleHolderMilitaryService British Army ⓘ
titleHolderNationality British ⓘ
titleHolderOffice Lord Chancellor of Great Britain ⓘ
titleHolderParliamentaryHouse House of Commons ⓘ
titleHolderPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
titleHolderPreviousPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
titleHolderProfession barrister ⓘ
judge ⓘ
politician ⓘ
titleHolderReligion Anglicanism ⓘ
titleHolderSpouse Leslie Naomi Jowitt ⓘ
titleHolderTermAsLordChancellorEnd 1951 ⓘ
titleHolderTermAsLordChancellorStart 1945 ⓘ
titleStatus extinct ⓘ

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William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt → honorificTitle → Baron Jowitt ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Jowitt