Frank Soskice
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Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill, PC, QC (23 July 1902 – 1 January 1979) was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician.
Quick Facts Lord Privy Seal, Prime Minister ...
The Lord Stow Hill | |
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Lord Privy Seal | |
In office 23 December 1965 – 6 April 1966 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Frank Pakenham |
Succeeded by | Frank Pakenham |
Home Secretary | |
In office 18 October 1964 – 23 December 1965 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Henry Brooke |
Succeeded by | Roy Jenkins |
Shadow Home Secretary | |
In office 15 February 1963 – 18 October 1964 | |
Leader | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | George Brown |
Succeeded by | Edward Boyle |
Attorney-General for England | |
In office 24 April 1951 – 26 October 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | Sir Hartley Shawcross |
Succeeded by | Sir Lionel Heald |
Solicitor-General for England | |
In office 4 August 1945 – 24 April 1951 | |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | Sir Walter Monckton |
Succeeded by | Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas |
Member of Parliament for Newport | |
In office 6 July 1956 – 10 March 1966 | |
Preceded by | Peter Freeman |
Succeeded by | Roy Hughes |
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Neepsend | |
In office 5 April 1950 – 6 May 1955 | |
Preceded by | Harry Morris |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Birkenhead East | |
In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950 | |
Preceded by | Henry Graham White |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Soskice (1902-07-23)23 July 1902 |
Died | (1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 76) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Susan Isabella Cloudsley Hunter |
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Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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