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About Lord Chief Justice, Sir Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
- Born on 7 January 1870.
- Son of Giles Hewart.
- Married, firstly, Sara Wood Riley, daughter of J. H. Riley, on 5 October 1892.
- Married, secondly, Jean Stewart, daughter of J. R. Stewart, on 29 December 1934.
- Died on 5 May 1943 at age 73.
- Graduated from University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1891 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Graduated from University College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1893 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)
- He was a journalist.
- Admitted to Inner Temple in 1902 entitled to practice as a Barrister-at-Law.
- Invested as a King's Counsel (K.C.) in 1912.
- Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Leicester between 1913 and 1918.
- Solicitor-General between 1916 and 1919.
- Invested as a Knight Bachelor on 29 December 1916
- Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1917.
- Invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1918.
- Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Leicester, East Division between 1918 and 1922.
- Attorney-General between 1919 and 1922.
- Member of Cabinet between 1921 and 1922.
- President of the War Compensation Court between 1922 and 1929.
- Lord Chief Justice between 1922 and 1940.
- Created 1st Baron Hewart, of Bury, co. Lancs [U.K.] on 24 March 1922.
- Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1938.
- Created 1st Viscount Hewart, of Bury, co. Lancs [U.K.] on 1 November 1940. Children of Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart and Sara Wood Riley
- Katharine Mary Hewart
- Hugh Vaughan Hewart, 2nd Viscount Hewart b. 11 Nov 1896, d. 23 Jul 1964 The Peerage
WIKI Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Hewart was born in Bury, Lancashire, the eldest son of draper Giles Hewart and Annie Elizabeth Jones. He was educated at Bury Grammar School, Manchester Grammar School and University College, Oxford.
He began his career as a journalist for the Manchester Guardian and the Morning Leader. He joined the Northern Circuit after being called to the bar, taking silk in 1912.
In 1929 Hewart published The New Despotism, in which he asserted that the rule of law in Britain was being undermined by the executive at the expense of the legislature and the courts. This book was very controversial and led to the appointment of a Committee on Ministers' Powers—chaired by the Earl of Donoughmore—but its Report rejected Hewart's arguments.
He has been described as "one of the most vigorous and vociferous believers in the impeccability of the English jury system of this or any other century" [Ref. The Killing of Julia Wallace, by Jonathan Goodman (Headline, London, 1987), p.251]. In 1931, Hewart made legal history, when (sitting with Mr Justice Branson and Mr Justice Hawke) he quashed the conviction for murder of William Herbert Wallace, on the grounds that the conviction was not supported by the weight of the evidence - that the jury was wrong.
Lord Hewart was the originator (paraphrased from the original) of the aphorism "Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done."
He died 5 May 1943 in Totteridge, Barnet, Hertfordshire aged 73.
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
- Name: Gordon Hewart
- Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934
- Registration district: Barnet
- Inferred County: Middlesex
- Spouse: Jean Stewart
- Volume Number: 3a
- Page Number: 1471
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Lord Chief Justice, Sir Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart's Timeline
| 1870 |
January 7, 1870
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Bury, Lancashire, England UK
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| 1892 |
1892
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Didsbury, Lancashire, England UK
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| 1893 |
August 6, 1893
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Hornsey, Middlesex, England UK
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| 1896 |
November 11, 1896
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Edmonton RD, Middlesex, England UK
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| 1943 |
May 5, 1943
Age 73
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Totteridge Barnet, London, Middlesex, England UK
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