Viscount Radcliffe

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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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Viscount Radcliffe canonical 4

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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 ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
associatedWith Partition of India ⓘ
Partition of Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Partition of India

Radcliffe Line ⓘ
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 ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
knownFor Radcliffe Line ⓘ
role in the Partition of India ⓘ
role in the creation of Pakistan’s borders ⓘ
namedAfter Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
notableFor drawing the boundary between India and Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
notableWork Radcliffe Line ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
judge ⓘ
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
pointInTime 1947 ⓘ
positionHeld Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ⓘ
chair of boundary commissions for India and Pakistan ⓘ
significantEvent Partition of India ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
title Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Baron Radcliffe → higherTitleHeldBySamePerson → Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → title → Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Radcliffe
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe → title → Viscount Radcliffe ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Radcliffe