Samuel Silkin

The Lord Silkin of Dulwich
Shadow Attorney General
In office
4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979
LeaderJames Callaghan
Preceded byMichael Havers
Succeeded byJohn Morris
In office
5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime Minister
Preceded byPeter Rawlinson
Succeeded byMichael Havers
Member of Parliament
for Dulwich
In office
15 October 1964 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byRobert Jenkins
Succeeded byGerald Bowden
Personal details
Born
Samuel Charles Silkin

(1918-03-06)6 March 1918
Neath, Wales
Died17 August 1988(1988-08-17) (aged 70)
Oxford, England
Political partyLabour
Spouses
  • Elaine Stamp
    (m. 1941; died 1984)
  • Sheila Marian
    (m. 1985)
Children4
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich, PC, QC (6 March 1918 – 17 August 1988) was a British Labour Party politician and cricketer. He was the MP for Dulwich from 1964 to 1983, and served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 1974 to 1979.