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Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, GCSI, PC, DL (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930) was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st earl of Birkenhead (born July 12, 1872, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England—died September 30, 1930, London) was a British statesman, lawyer, and noted orator. As lord chancellor (1919–22), he sponsored major legal reforms and helped negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.
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Aug 18, 2023 · Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead GCSI, PC, KC (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), best known to history as F. E. Smith (and also Galloper Smith), was a British Conservative statesman and lawyer of the early 20th century.
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 16 portraits Sir Frederick, 'F.E.', Smith was Attorney-General and Director of Public Prosecutions when he took on the brief at the first hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court as Counsel for the Prosecution.
May 9, 2018 · Smith, Frederick E., 1st Lord Birkenhead (1872–1930). Lord chancellor. Educated at Birkenhead and Oxford, Smith made a name for himself as a barrister in Liverpool where (1906) he was elected as a Conservative MP. His rhetorical onslaughts against the Liberal government brought him to the attention of the Tory die-hards, and in 1911 he joined ...
This short biographical piece explores the life and work of the first of our Liverpool Lord Chancellors, Frederick Edwin (FE) Smith, later the first Earl of Birkenhead GCSI PC KC (12th July 1872 – 30th September 1930).
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