Lord Mishcon
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The Right Honourable The Lord Mishcon QC DL |
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| Shadow Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 9 January 1989 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | The Lord Elwyn-Jones |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Irvine of Lairg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 August 1915 London, England |
| Died | 27 January 2006 (aged 90) London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon, QC, DL (14 August 1915 – 27 January 2006) was a leading British solicitor and a Labour politician. His firm acted for Diana, Princess of Wales in her divorce. The Mishcon Lectures were established at University College, London in 1990 in honour of Lord Mishcon to mark his 75th birthday and in recognition of his achievements and service in the fields of law, education, religion, government and politics, both central and local.
Mishcon was born in Brixton, south London, the son of Arnold Mishcon, a rabbi who emigrated from Russian Poland, and his wife Queenie. He was educated at the City of London School. He studied law and founded the firm of solicitors Victor Mishcon & Co in Brixton in 1937. He served in the Army during World War II attaining the rank of major.
An active member of the Labour Party, Mishcon served as a Councillor on Lambeth Borough Council 1945–48 and London County Council 1946–64, of which he was chairman in 1954—then aged 39, the youngest chairman that century. He was elected to the successor Greater London Council for Lambeth 1964–67. He stood without success as a Labour party candidate in four parliamentary elections, in Leeds North-West in 1950; in Bath in 1951; and in Gravesend in 1955 and 1959. He was made a life peer on 10 May 1978 as Baron Mishcon, of Lambeth in Greater London on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, James Callaghan. Lord Mishcon was Labour home affairs spokesman in the House of Lords from 1983 to 1990 and served as shadow Lord Chancellor from 1990 to 1992.
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