The Earl Jowitt | |
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![]() Jowitt in 1940 | |
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 27 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | The Viscount Simon |
Succeeded by | The Lord Simonds |
Personal details | |
Born | Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England | 15 April 1885
Died | 16 August 1957 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England | (aged 72)
Political party | |
Spouse |
Lesley McIntyre (m. 1913) |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, PC (15 April 1885 – 16 August 1957) was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.