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Also Known As Sir Gordon Hewart • Baron Hewart of Bury
Born January 7, 1870 • Bury • England
Died May 5, 1943 (aged 73) • England
Title / Office lord chief justice (1922-1940), United Kingdom • baron (1922) • attorney general (1919-1921), United Kingdom • Privy Council (1918-1922), United Kingdom • parliament (1913-1916), United Kingdom
Notable Works “The New Despotism”
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