George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Cave GCMG PC |
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| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
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In office 6 November 1924 – 28 March 1928 |
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| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Haldane |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hailsham |
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In office 24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Birkenhead |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Haldane |
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In office 11 December 1916 – 14 January 1919 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Herbert Samuel |
| Succeeded by | Edward Shortt |
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23 February 1856 London |
| Died | 29 March 1928 (aged 72) St Anne's, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Mathews (m. 1885; his death 1928) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG PC (23 February 1856 – 29 March 1928) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under David Lloyd George from 1916 to 1919 and served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1928.
Cave was born in London, the son of Thomas Cave, Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Shallcrass. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, London and St John's College, Oxford. After being called to the bar in 1880, he practised as a barrister for a number of years, being made King's Counsel and recorder of Guildford in 1904.
In 1906 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Kingston Division of Surrey, was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of Surrey in 1907, and a member of the Royal Commission on Land Purchase in 1908. Having served as standing Counsel to the University of Oxford for two years as well as Attorney General to the Prince of Wales, in 1915 Cave was appointed Solicitor General and knighted. The following year, he was made Home Secretary in Lloyd George's coalition government, a post he held for three years. As Home Secretary, he introduced the Representation of the People Act 1918 and he was very prominent in the debates in the House of Commons on the police strike of August 1918.
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