Viscount Simonds
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Simonds PC QC |
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1953 photograph of Lord Simonds by Sir Cecil Beaton.
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| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
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In office 30 October 1951 – 18 October 1954 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | Viscount Jowitt |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Kilmuir |
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| Born |
28 November 1881 Reading, Berkshire |
| Died | 28 June 1971 (aged 89) Westminster, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds PC QC (28 November 1881 – 28 June 1971) was a British judge, politician and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Simonds was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Louis DeLuze Simonds and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Turnbull. They were members of the well-known Berkshire family of brewing magnates. He was educated at Winchester College (where he was later a Fellow, and Warden from 1946–1951) and at New College, Oxford.
Simonds was called to the Bar in 1906 and appointed a King's Counsel in 1924. He was appointed a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1929 and was Treasurer from 1951. He served as a Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice between 1937, when he was knighted, and 1944. The latter year he was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, sworn of the Privy Council and created a life peer as Baron Simonds, of Sparsholt in the County of Southampton.
Simonds remained a Law Lord until 1951, when Winston Churchill appointed him Lord Chancellor. He was holder of the office at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, adding a major ceremonial role to his judicial one.
In June 1952 he was made a hereditary peer as Baron Simonds, of Sparsholt in the County of Southampton. He held this post until 1954, when he was created Viscount Simonds, of Sparsholt in the County of Southampton. He again served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1954 to 1962. He was also High Steward of Oxford University from 1954 to 1967 and High Steward of the City of Winchester from 1951.
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