The Viscount Buckmaster | |
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Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 25 May 1915 – 5 December 1916 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | The Viscount Haldane |
Succeeded by | The Lord Finlay |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 January 1861 London, England |
Died | 5 December 1934 London, England | (aged 73)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Edith Augusta Lewin (m. 1889) |
Education | Christ Church, Oxford |
Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, GCVO, PC (9 January 1861 – 5 December 1934) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for most of the years from 1906 to 1915, when he was elevated to the peerage and served as Lord Chancellor under H. H. Asquith from 1915 to 1916.[1]