David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, (29 May 1900 – 27 January 1967), known as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as Viscount Kilmuir from 1954 to 1962, was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge. During his political career, he was the Solicitor General, Attorney General, Home Secretary and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
The Earl of Kilmuir | |
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.jpg) Nuremberg sketch by Laura Knight (1946) | |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 18 October 1954 – 13 July 1962 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Lord Simonds |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Dilhorne |
| Home Secretary | |
| In office 27 October 1951 – 19 October 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | James Chuter Ede |
| Succeeded by | Gwilym Lloyd George |
| Attorney General for England and Wales | |
| In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Sir Donald Somervell |
| Succeeded by | Sir Hartley Shawcross |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
| In office 4 March 1942 – 25 May 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Sir William Jowitt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Walter Monckton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "may".Expression error: Unrecognized word "may". Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 27 January 1967 (aged 66) Withyham, Sussex, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sylvia Harrison (died 1992) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl Of Kilmuir Media
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe (centre) and an unknown prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials
Coronet of a British Earl
Shield of arms of The Earl of Kilmiur
Bibliography
- Obituaries:
- The Times, 28 January 1967
- The Guardian, 28 January 1967
- Alderman, K. (1992). "Harold Macmillan's 'Night of the long knives'". Contemporary Record. 6 (2): 243–265. doi:10.1080/13619469208581210.
- Andrew, C. (2009). The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-141-02330-4.
- Dutton, D. J. (2004)"Fyfe, David Patrick Maxwell, Earl of Kilmuir (1900–1967)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 4 Aug 2007 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Heuston, R. F. V. (1987). Lives of the Lord Chancellors, 1940–1970.
- Lord Kilmuir (1964) Political Adventure
- Thorpe, D. R. (1989). Selwyn Lloyd. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. ISBN 978-0-224-02828-8.
- Tusa, A. & Tusa, J. (1983) The Nuremberg Trial