Thursday, 15 March 2018
1853 Gordon Hewart
Constituency : Leicester 1913-18, Leicester East 1918-22
Gordon took over at Leicester following the resignation of Elliott Crawshay-Williams.
Gordon was a draper's son from Bury. He was educated at Bury Grammar School and Oxford. He started work as a journalist for the Manchester Guardian and Morning Leader. He became a barrister. He contested Manchester North West in 1912.
Gordon was in favour of female suffrage.
In 1916 Gordon was knighted and became Solicitor-General. He became Attorney-General in 1919.
Gordon received the coupon in 1918.
In 1922 Gordon resigned his seat to become Lord Chief Justice, a post he held until 1940. He was created Baron Hewart. He had many critics as a judge who felt he made up his mind too quickly.
In 1929 Gordon published The New Despotism which argued that the executive was becoming too powerful. A Committee on Ministers' Powers was set up in response but it rejected most of his arguments.
Gordon became Viscount Hewart in 1940.
He died in 1943 aged 73.
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