Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Hewart PC, KC |
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| 7th Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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In office 8 March 1922 – 12 October 1940 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | The Lord Trevethin |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Caldecote |
| Attorney General for England | |
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In office 10 January 1919 – 6 March 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Sir F. E. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ernest Pollock |
| Solicitor General for England | |
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In office 10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Sir George Cave |
| Succeeded by | Sir Ernest Pollock |
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Gordon Hewart 7 January 1870 Bury, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 5 May 1943 (aged 73) Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician, judge |
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC, KC (7 January 1870 – 5 May 1943) was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.
Hewart was born in Bury, Lancashire, the eldest son of Giles Hewart, a draper, and Annie Elizabeth Jones. He was educated at Bury Grammar School, Manchester Grammar School and University College, Oxford.
Hewart began his career as a journalist for the Manchester Guardian and the Morning Leader. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1902, joining the Northern Circuit. He took silk in 1912.
He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Leicester from 1913, and, after the constituency was divided in 1918, Leicester East. He was appointed Solicitor General in 1906, receiving the customary knighthood, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1918. He was Attorney General from 10 January 1919 to 6 March 1922. He entered the Cabinet in 1921, and was Lord Chief Justice of England from 8 March 1922 to 12 October 1940. He was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hewart, of Bury, in the county of Lancaster in 1922 to allow him to sit in the House of Lords as Lord Chief Justice. Upon his retirement he was created Viscount Hewart.
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