| LC control no. | nr 88001515 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, Earl, 1885-1957 |
| Variant(s) | Jowitt, Earl, 1885-1957 Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl, 1885-1957 |
| Birth date | 1885-04-15 |
| Death date | 1957-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Stevenage (England) |
| Field of activity | Law |
| Affiliation | Marlborough College (Marlborough, England) New College (University of Oxford) Liberal Party (Great Britain) Labour Party (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Attorneys general Nobility |
| Found in | His Jowitt's Dictionary of Englsih law, 1977: t.p. (Rt. Hon the Earl Jowitt) LC in RLIN, 2-23-88 (hdg.: Jowitt, William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl, 1885-1957; usage: Earl Jowitt) Jowitt's dictionary of English law. 5th edition, 2019: page xix (William Allen Jowitt, the first Earl Jowitt; born in Stevenage on April 15, 1885; educated at Marlborough and New College, Oxford; called to the Bar in 1909; became King's Counsel and was elected Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools as a member of the Liberal Party; first took office as Attorney General in 1929 in Ramsey MacDonald's Labour government; served as Solicitor General in Churchill's coalition government followed by a number of ministerial positions; appointed Lord Chancellor in 1945; he became an Earl in 1951; died August 16, 1957) |
| Associated language | eng |
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