Frank Soskice, Baron Stow Hill (23 July 1902 - 1 January 1979) was a British lawyer and Labour Party politician. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Labour Party is a centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Soskice's father was exiled Russian revolutionary journalist David Soskice; his mother was the grand-daughter of artist Ford Madox Brown and sister of Ford Madox Ford, niece of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Soskice was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Balliol College, Oxford. He studied law and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1926. Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 - October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... St Pauls School is a British public school, located in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Triona Giblin Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England, to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He served in the army during World War II. Following the war, he was elected to parliament as a Labour MP for East Birkenhead in the 1945 general election, and became Solicitor General in the government of Clement Attlee, serving in that office throughout Attlee's government. He was also, briefly, UK delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. As Solicitor General, Soskice was seen as an important advocate for the government in the House of Commons. He lost his seat in the 1950 election but was quickly returned in a by-election in Sheffield Neepsend. In April 1951, he became Attorney General. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... The British general election of 1945 held on July 5th 1945 but not counted and declared until July 26, 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ... Her Majestys Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law. ... The Right Honourable Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ... The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Her Majestys Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. ...

In 1952, Soskice joined the shadow cabinet, and his fortunes rose in 1955 with the election of his close ally Hugh Gaitskell as party leader, although he continued his legal practice as well. 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 - January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963. ...

When Labour finally again came to power in 1964 under Harold Wilson, Soskice became Home Secretary. In this office he did not impress Wilson - he was in poor health, and he botched the response to an electoral boundary change dispute in Northamptonshire and accepting weakening amendments to the Race Relations Act of 1965. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the British politician. ... The Home Secretary (official full title Secretary of State for the Home Department) is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in England and Wales; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, internal security, and matters of citizenship and immigration. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

In December 1965, Soskice was relieved of his Home Office responsibilities and made Lord Privy Seal. He had, though, been responsible for the legislation which finally abolished the death penalty in the UK (except for treason), which is sometimes erroneously included with the Jenkins reforms which followed. The following year, 1966, he retired, and was created a life peer as Baron Stow Hill of Newport in the County of Monmouth. The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is one of the traditional sinecure offices in the British Cabinet. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (November 11, 1920 – January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour Member of Parliament in the 1960s and 1970s, and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ...

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