Burgin, Edward Leslie (1887–1945), solicitor and politician, was born on 13 July 1887 at Timberscombe, Dollis Road, Finchley, the elder son of Edward Lambert Burgin (1858–1941), solicitor, and his wife, Marian Kate, née Showler (1862–1933). He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, and the ...
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Craig, William [Bill] (1924–2011), solicitor and politician, was born on 2 December 1924 in Old Town Street, Cookstown, co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the son of John Craig, bank manager, and his wife, Mary Kathleen, née Lamont. Educated at Dungannon Royal School and Larne grammar school...
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Davies, Sir Alfred Thomas (1861–1949), solicitor and civil servant, was born on 11 March 1861 at Oak Lane, West Derby, Lancashire, the son of William Davies, a master linen draper, and his wife, Ann Thomas. He was educated at Waterloo high school, Liverpool...
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Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman (1913–1995) by Graham Sutherland, 1973–4 © reserved; Tate, London, 2004
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Goodman, Arnold Abraham, Baron Goodman (1913–1995), solicitor and public servant, was born on 21 August 1913 at 26 Bodney Road, Hackney, London, the younger son of Joseph Goodman (1879/1880–1940), master draper, and his wife, Bertha (1887–1959), daughter of Joseph Mauerberger, businessman. His name was given on his birth certificate as ...
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Victor Mishcon, Baron Mishcon (1915–2006) by Carolyn Djanogly, 2000 Camera Press, London
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Mishcon, Victor, Baron Mishcon (1915–2006), solicitor and politician, was born on 14 August 1915 at 1 Helix Road, Brixton, London, the son of Rabbi Arnold Mishcon (1879/80–1935), who had emigrated from Russia, and his west-country wife, Queenie, née Orler (1878/9–1949), who was a teacher at an elementary school. His father had become a rabbi at the age of twenty-two, and four years later became rabbi at the ...
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Sir Oliver John Napier (1935–2011) by Bobbie Hanvey, mid 1990s Bobbie Hanvey Photographic Archives, John J. Burns Library, Boston College
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Napier, Sir Oliver John (1935–2011), solicitor and politician, was born on 11 July 1935 at 34 Malone Avenue, Belfast, the son of James Joseph Napier, solicitor, and his wife, Sarah Frances (Sheila), née Bready, teacher. In 1941, during the Second World War, the family relocated and his early years were spent near ...
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Withers, Sir John James (1863–1939), solicitor, was born at 13 Upper Seymour Street West, Paddington, London, on 21 December 1863, the eldest of the seven children of James Tuck Withers (1826–1900), solicitor, and his wife, Marion Jane, née Gemmell (1840–1915). Educated at Eton College...
