About Joseph Cunliffe
Lived 1867 – 1963 (aged 95–96). Joseph Cunliffe was a British politician and barrister.
Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe, (1 July 1867 – 9 April 1963) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.
Cunliffe was called to the bar in 1896 and took silk in 1912. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton, a two-member constituency, from 1923 to 1929.
He was Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1921 to 1946. From 1932 to 1946 he was Chairman of the General Council of the Bar.
He was appointed a knight bachelor in the 1926 New Year Honours List. In 1946 he was appointed KBE.
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politician (1867-1963)
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Joseph Cunliffe was born in 1867.
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Joseph Cunliffe died on 9 April 1963.
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Joseph Cunliffe was a politician and barrister.
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