Letters from John Sankey, Viscount Sankey, to Harold Laski

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MS. Eng. hist. c. 1070

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Letters from John Sankey, Viscount Sankey, to Harold Laski, 1925-1932, 1939, with (fols. 27-48) memoranda and papers concerning proposed cut in judges' salaries, 1932-1933.

Dates

Creation: 1925-1939

Extent

48 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. c. 1070, fols. 1-2]

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MS. Eng. hist. c. 1070

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 21478

Additional Description

Abstract

Letters from John Sankey, Viscount Sankey, to Harold Laski

Biographical / Historical

John Sankey, Viscount Sankey of Moreton (1866-1948), became a judge in the King's Bench division and later in the Court of Appeal and was Lord Chancellor from 1929 to 1935. He was chairman, in 1915, of the Home Office aliens advisory committee, in 1919 of the coal industry commission and, during his Lord Chancellorship, of the inter-imperial relations committee of the imperial conference and the federal structure committee of the Indian Round Table Conference. Further details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.