Samuel Silkin
QC | |
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| Shadow Attorney General | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Michael Havers |
| Succeeded by | John Morris |
| In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Robert Jenkins |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Bowden |
| Personal details | |
| 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,
.Early life
He was the second son of
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.[1]
Career
He became a lawyer and was called to the bar in 1941. He received a commission in the British Army in December 1941.[2]
On 18 March 1946, Silkin, with the military rank of
In 1963, Silkin was raised to the rank of
Parliamentary career
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 subsequently re-elected in Dulwich and continued to serve until his retirement at the 1983 general election.
From 1974 to 1979, he served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Northern Ireland under Labour Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. After his retirement from politics, he was created a life peer as Baron Silkin of Dulwich, of North Leigh in the County of Oxfordshire on 13 May 1985.[5]
Family
Silkin died in 1988, aged 70. He left, by his first wife Elaine Stamp (whom he married in 1941), two sons and two daughters. He did not have any children by his widow, Sheila Swanston, whom he married in 1985 after his first wife's death.
References
- ^ "Sam Silkin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
- ^ "No. 35415". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 January 1942. p. 227.
- ^ "The Double Tenth Trial". National Library Board, Singapore. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
- ^ Thompson, "The Double Tenth", pp. 406–414.
- ^ "No. 50126". The London Gazette. 17 May 1985. p. 6887.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sam Silkin
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