Lord Jowitt

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
Privy Councillor
gptkbp:born November 15, 1885
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution Legal education reforms
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Bar_at_Lincoln's_Inn
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_British_law
gptkbp:died January 24, 1957
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:electionYear gptkb:Peterborough
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Jowitt
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Post-war legal reforms
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Doctor of Laws
The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lord Jowitt
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Lord_Jowitt.jpg/220px-Lord_Jowitt.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Legal_profession_in_the_UK
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Sankey
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkbp:judges 1945-1957
gptkbp:knownFor Legal reforms
gptkbp:legacy Judicial independence
gptkbp:legalStatus Barrister
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature Judicial_Committee_reforms
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council
gptkbp:party gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:politicalRole 1945-1951
Labour_Party_policies
gptkbp:position Lord Chancellor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lord_Simon_of_Wythenshawe
gptkbp:profession lawyer
gptkbp:retired 1951
gptkbp:role Member_of_Parliament
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Jowitt
gptkbp:successor Lord Kilmuir
gptkbp:termEnd 1951
1945-1950
gptkbp:termStart 1945
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Jowitt