Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Reading GCB GCSI GCIE GCVO PC KC |
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Reading in 1917
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Leader of the House of Lords |
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In office 25 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Arthur Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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In office 2 April 1921 – 3 April 1926 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Lytton |
| Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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In office 21 October 1913 – 8 March 1921 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Alverstone |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Trevethin |
| Attorney General for England | |
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In office 7 October 1910 – 19 October 1913 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir William Robson |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Solicitor General for England | |
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In office 6 March 1910 – 7 October 1910 |
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| Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Evans |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Member of Parliament for Reading |
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In office 6 August 1904 – 19 October 1913 |
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| Preceded by | George William Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Orme Wilson |
| Personal details | |
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Rufus Daniel Isaacs 10 October 1860 Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 December 1935 (aged 75) Mayfair, London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Edith Cohen (1887–1927) Stella Charnaud (1931–1935) |
| Alma mater | University College School |
| Profession | lawyer, jurist, politician |
| Religion | Judaism |
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC (10 October 1860 – 30 December 1935) was the Viceroy of India (1921–25), barrister, jurist and the last member of the official Liberal Party to serve as Foreign Secretary. He was the second practising Jew to be a member of the British cabinet (the first being Herbert Samuel, who was also a member of H. H. Asquith's government), the first Jew to be Lord Chief Justice of England, and the first, and as yet only, British Jew to be raised to a marquessate.
The son of a Jewish fruit merchant at Spitalfields, Rufus Daniel Isaacs was educated at University College School and then entered the family business at the age of 15. In 1876–77 he served as a ship's boy and later worked as a on the from 1880–84.
He entered the Middle Temple to study law, and was called to the Bar in 1887. He was appointed a QC in 1898.
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