Baron Jowitt

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Baron Jowitt was the title held by William Jowitt, a prominent British Labour politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor in the mid-20th century.

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Baron Jowitt canonical 2

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instanceOf hereditary title
associatedChamber House of Lords
associatedOfficeOfTitleHolder Lord Chancellor
country United Kingdom
createdFor William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
creationDate 1945
extinctionDate 1965 (approximate, extinction with death of 2nd Earl Jowitt)
extinctionReason death of only son without male heirs
higherTitleOfHolder Earl Jowitt
monarchAtCreation George VI
nobleTitleHolder William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
politicalAffiliationOfTitleHolder Labour Party (UK)
successorTitle Earl Jowitt
titleHolderBirthDate 1885-04-15
titleHolderChild Eric Jowitt
titleHolderConstituency Ashton-under-Lyne
The Hartlepools
titleHolderDeathDate 1957-08-16
titleHolderEducation Marlborough College
New College, Oxford
titleHolderFullName William Allen Jowitt
titleHolderGovernment Attlee ministry
linked to: Attlee government
titleHolderHonor Earl Jowitt
titleHolderLegalOffice Attorney General for England and Wales
Solicitor General for England and Wales
titleHolderMilitaryConflict World War I
titleHolderMilitaryService British Army
titleHolderNationality British
titleHolderOffice Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
titleHolderParliamentaryHouse House of Commons
titleHolderPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
titleHolderPreviousPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
titleHolderProfession barrister
judge
politician
titleHolderReligion Anglicanism
titleHolderSpouse Leslie Naomi Jowitt
titleHolderTermAsLordChancellorEnd 1951
titleHolderTermAsLordChancellorStart 1945
titleStatus extinct

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William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt honorificTitle Baron Jowitt
subject linked to: Viscount Jowitt