John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner
John Andrew Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner GCB PC (born February 3, 1859 in Chorlton-on-Medlock , Lancashire , † May 24, 1934 ) was a British lawyer who last served as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary on the basis of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 when Life Peer was also a member of the House of Lords . In 1927 he was finally given the hereditary title ( Hereditary Peerage ) of Viscount Sumner .
Life
Lawyer and judge
After visiting the Manchester Grammar School graduated commutes to study law at Balliol College of Oxford University and received in 1883 his legal approval to the Bar Association ( Inns of Court ) from Inner Temple . He then began working as a barrister and was for his lawyer's services in 1901 to Attorney General ( King's Counsel appointed). As a lawyer, he dealt in particular with commercial law and often represented opposing positions to the other well-known commercial lawyer of the time, Thomas Edward Scrutton . In 1906 he became permanent legal advisor to the University of Oxford and at the end of this activity in 1909 also so-called "Bencher" of the Inner Temple Bar Association.
In 1909 he became a judge at the Chamber for Civil Matters ( King's Bench Division ) at the High Court of Justice responsible for England and Wales and held this judge's office until 1912. At the same time, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor in 1909 and has since been named "Sir".
After completing his post as a judge at the High Court of Justice, in 1912 he was appointed judge ( Lord Justice of Appeal ) at the Court of Appeal , the court of appeal responsible for England and Wales, where he worked until 1913. He was also appointed Privy Councilor in 1912 .
Lord Justice and Member of the House of Lords
By a Letters Patent of 20 October 1913 Hamilton was due to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 as a life peer with the title Baron Sumner, of Ibstone in the County of Buckingham to the member of the House of Lords in the nobility called and worked until 1930 as Lord Justice ( Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ).
As such, in 1918 he was chairman of both the Committee on the Cost of Living of the Working Class and the Committee on British and Foreign Legal Affairs. Lord Sumner also included as a member of the British delegation to the Reparations at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and in 1920 with the Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) of the Order of the Bath honored. In addition, he served as chairman of the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action in 1921 and as chairman of the House of Lords Committee on Abeyance issues in 1926 . In 1930 he was also treasurer of the Inner Temple Bar Association.
On January 31, 1927 he was awarded the hereditary title ( Hereditary Peerage ) of Viscount Sumner , of Ibstone in the County of Buckingham for his long service . However, since he died childless, the title expired with his death, so that he was the first and only Viscount Sumner.
Web links
- John Hamilton at Hansard (English)
- Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
- Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 1876-2009 in Peerages
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| SURNAME | Hamilton, John, 1st Viscount Sumner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamilton, John Andrew, 1st Viscount Sumner, Baron Sumner, of Ibstone in the County of Buckingham (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chorlton-on-Medlock , Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1934 |