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CodeDS/UK/3953
NameIssacs; Lord; Rufus Daniel (1860-1935); 1st Marquess of Reading; English lawyer, jurist, politician
Dates1860-1935
GenderMale
BiographyRufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC (10 October 1860 – 30 December 1935), was an English lawyer, jurist and politician. Lord Reading was the last Liberal Foreign Secretary. He was the first religiously-practising Jew to be appointed to the British cabinet.

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