Person Open DS/UK/7284 Maxwell Fyfe; Sir; David (1900-1967); 1st Earl of Kilmuir GCVO PC KC; British Conservative politician, lawyer, judge Maxwell Fyfe David Sir 1900-1967 British Conservative politician, lawyer, judge Male David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe

David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, GCVO, PC, KC, (29 May 1900 – 27 January 1967), known as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as The Viscount Kilmuir from 1954 to 1962, was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who combined an industrious and precocious legal career with political ambitions that took him to the offices of Solicitor General, Attorney General, Home Secretary and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain One of the prosecutors at the Nuremberg Trials, he was instrumental in drafting the European Convention on Human Rights. However, he was also a controversial Home Secretary who refused clemency to commute Derek Bentley's highly controversial death sentence. His political ambitions were ultimately dashed in Harold Macmillan's cabinet reshuffle of July 1962. 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 RAHhbaulcombe 8/29/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 6d359285-7a5f-4bad-b673-07d721c6f046