John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner
Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire | |
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Died | 24 May 1934 | (aged 75)
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Maude Margaret Todd (m. 1892) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
John Andrew Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner,
Background and education
Hamilton was born in
Hamilton was educated at
Judicial career
Hamilton joined in the
Further career
In 1908, Hamilton was Inspector in the Swansea Education Dispute.[2] In the House of Lords, he was chairman of the Working Classes Cost of Living, the British Cellulose Enquiry and the British and Foreign Legal Procedure committees.[2] Hamilton took part at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 as delegate of the reparations commission, for which he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1920 Birthday Honours.[2] In the next year, he chaired the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action.[5]
Family and legacy
In 1892, he married Maude Margaret Todd, the second daughter of Reverend John Wood Todd,[3] a Baptist minister who with his wife founded what became Tudor Hall School. Hamilton's marriage was childless, and with Hamilton's death, the viscountcy became extinct.[3]
In 2009, a biography of Lord Sumner was published by Anthony Lentin.[8]
Arms
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Famous judgements
- Bowman v The Secular Society (1917)
- Elder Dempster & Co v Paterson Zochonis & Co (1924)
References
- ^ a b c "The Open University - Lord Sumner: a 'vice-like grip of legal principles'". Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Debrett, John (1922). Arthur G. M. Hesilrige (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son, Ltd. p. 346.
- ^ a b c d Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. London: Whitaker & Sons. 1921. p. 535.
- ISBN 978-1-4438-0381-6. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Who is Who 1926. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1926. p. 2816.
- ^ "No. 28766". The London Gazette. 21 October 1913. p. 7335.
- ^ "No. 33245". The London Gazette. 4 February 1927. p. 722.
- ^ "Spectator Book Club - Review of "The Last Political Law Lord: Lord Sumner, 1859-1934"". Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1921.