Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone, PC

• Fought in the First World War
• Gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 16th Battalion, London Regiment
• Admitted to Inner Temple in 1920 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law
• Invested as a King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1936
• Invested as a Knight in 1938
• Held the office of Judge of the King's Bench Division between 1938 and 1946
• Held the office of Bencher in 1939
• Invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1946
• Held the office of Lord Justice of Appeal between 1946 and 1951
• Held the office of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary between 1951 and 1954
• Created Baron Asquith of Bishopstone, in the County of Sussex [U.K. Law Lord] in April 1951
• He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Asquith,_Baron_Asquith_of_Bishop...

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