The Lord Shawcross | |
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 Shawcross being interviewed in 1954 | |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 24 April 1951 – 26 October 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Harold Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Attorney-General for England | |
| In office 4 August 1945 – 24 April 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
| Preceded by | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe |
| Succeeded by | Sir Frank Soskice |
| Member of Parliament for St Helens | |
| In office 5 July 1945 – May 1958 | |
| Preceded by | William Albert Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Spriggs |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 14 February 1959 – 10 July 2003 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hartley William Shawcross 4 February 1902 Giessen, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
| Died | 10 July 2003 (aged 101) Cowbeech, East Sussex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour (before 1959) |
| Other political affiliations | Crossbencher (1959–2003) |
| Spouses | Alberta Rosita Shyvers
(m. 1924; died 1943)Joan Winifred Mather
(m. 1944; died 1974)Susanne Monique Huiskamp
(m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 (by Mather; including William) |
| Education | Dulwich College |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor (1945) |
Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, QC (4 February 1902 – 10 July 2003), known from 1945 to 1959 as Sir Hartley Shawcross, was an English barrister and Labour politician who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal. He also served as Britain's principal delegate to the United Nations immediately after the Second World War and as Attorney General for England.