Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich
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The Right Honourable The Lord Silkin of Dulwich PC QC |
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| Shadow Attorney General | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 |
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| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Michael Havers |
| Succeeded by | John Morris |
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Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Peter Rawlinson |
| Succeeded by | Michael Havers |
| Member of Parliament for Dulwich |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Jenkins |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Bowden |
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| Born | 6 March 1918 |
| Died | 17 August 1988 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Samuel Charles Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich, PC, QC (6 March 1918 – 17 August 1988) was a British Labour Party politician and cricketer.
He was the second son of Lewis Silkin (afterwards Baron Silkin), a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and a minister in Clement Attlee's Cabinet from 1945 to 1950. His brother, John, was also an MP and Cabinet minister.
Samuel Silkin was educated at Dulwich College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He played two games of first-class cricket in 1938, one each for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
He became a lawyer; he was called to the bar in 1941 and, in 1963, was raised to the rank of Queen's Counsel. He chaired the Society of Labour Lawyers. He served as a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council from 1953 until 1959.
At the 1964 general election, Silkin was elected Member of Parliament for the Dulwich constituency, adjoining his father's former constituency of Peckham. He was re-elected in Dulwich until his retirement at the 1983 general election.
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