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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Nuremberg sketch by Laura Knight (1946)
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
18 October 1954 – 13 July 1962
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded byThe Lord Simonds
Succeeded byThe Lord Dilhorne
Home Secretary
In office
27 October 1951 – 19 October 1954
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byJames Chuter Ede
Succeeded byGwilym Lloyd George
Attorney General for England and Wales
In office
25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded bySir Donald Somervell
Succeeded bySir Hartley Shawcross
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
4 March 1942 – 25 May 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded bySir William Jowitt
Succeeded bySir Walter Monckton
Personal details
Born(29 May 1900-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "may".Expression error: Unrecognized word "may".
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died27 January 1967 (1967-01-28) (aged 66)
Withyham, Sussex, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Sylvia Harrison (died 1992)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

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Bibliography

  • Obituaries:
  • 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