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3 unusual facts about William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt


Anna Wolkoff

She was tried in camera at the Old Bailey, with Sir William Jowitt as prosecutor.

Chambers Harrap

The work was lauded by the then Lord Chancellor, Lord Jowitt, as "outstanding proof" of British scholarship, while the Managing Editor, Mrs M.D. Law, commented that she believed the work to be the first major encyclopaedia to be published in Britain since before the First World War.

Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Lord Jowitt, the Lord Chancellor, gave the toast and described the endeavor as "outstanding proof" of British scholarship, while Mrs Law commented that she believed the work to be the first major encyclopaedia to be published in Britain since before the First World War.


Sidney Harry Fox

Fox was tried at Lewes Assizes before Mr Justice Rowlett, with Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett and Sir William Jowitt (then the Attorney-General) prosecuting, and J. D. Cassels defending.

William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt

The opposition to the Conservative government in the Lords was meagre, but sometimes successfully rallied support from government backbenchers: in 1955, for instance, Jowitt led a successful rebellion in the Lords over a government Bill to criminalise the medical use of marijuana.


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