Norman Bentwich

Norman Bentwich
Bentwich in 1950
Born
Norman de Mattos Bentwich

(1883-02-28)28 February 1883
Hampstead, London, England
Died8 April 1971(1971-04-08) (aged 88)
Paddington, London, England
Burial placeMount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
Education
OccupationBarrister
Known forAttorney-general of Mandatory Palestine
Spouse
(m. 1915)
[1]
FatherHerbert Bentwich
Relatives

Norman de Mattos Bentwich OBE MC (28 February 1883 – 8 April 1971) was a British barrister and legal academic. He was the British-appointed attorney-general of Mandatory Palestine and a lifelong Zionist.

  1. ^ Zander, Walter; Brown, Robert (23 September 2004). "Bentwich, Norman de Mattos (1883–1971)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30811. Retrieved 11 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)