Person Open DS/UK/5986 Askwith; 1st Baron Askwith, Lord; George (17 February 1861-2 June 1942); KCB KC; English lawyer, civil servant and industrial arbitrator Askwith George 1st Baron Askwith, Lord 17 February 1861-2 June 1942 English lawyer, civil servant and industrial arbitrator Male (cisgender) George Ranken Askwith Waltham Abbey, Essex, England (born)

Chelsea, London, England (died)

English Aristocrat; Baron Political Figure; Board White No known disability No known religious affiliation Son of General William Harrison Askwith and Elizabeth Ranken Spouse of Ellen Peel CBE (daughter of Archibald Peel, who was the nephew of statesman Sir Robert Peel) Heterosexual George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith, KCB, KC, known as Sir George Askwith between 1911 and 1919, was an English lawyer, civil servant and industrial arbitrator. In 1899 Askwith was one of the counsel in the Venezuelan arbitration case. In 1907 he entered the railways section of the Board of Trade as assistant secretary, and in 1909 was appointed comptroller-general of the Commercial, Labour and Statistical Departments of the Board of Trade. In 1911 he became chairman of the recently constituted Industrial Council, in 1912 he made a special report for the Government on the Canadian labour laws, and in 1913 arbitrated in the Great Black Country Trades strike which lasted for two months and involved in the region of 40,000 workers. In 1915 he was appointed chairman of the Government Arbitration Committee under the Munitions of War Acts, holding this post until 1917. On the Committee of Production he did important work for the Government. In 1919 he retired from his position as chief industrial commissioner, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Askwith, of St Ives in the County of Huntingdon. Awards, Honours and Legacy: Askwith acted as arbitrator in many industrial disputes, and in 1911 was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in recognition of his valuable work in that capacity, having already been made a CB in 1909. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Askwith,_1st_Baron_Askwith (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 5/23/2013 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 7/5/2024 e1ae3634-8805-46a2-8e5f-d19e1d66a394