Lord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860–1935

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Faber & Faber, Oct 17, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 334 pages

Rufus Isaacs was in his day the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family, he left school aged 14, yet made his name as a brilliant QC before being elected to the Commons as a Liberal in 1904. Smeared during the Marconi scandal of 1913 he survived to be appointed Lord Chief Justice, and elevated to the peerage in 1914. He would go on to be Ambassador to the United States, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary.
For this major work, first published in 1982, Denis Judd drew upon private papers in order to place Rufus Isaacs' complex career in perspective and so provide an overdue reassessment of one of the most outstanding public figures of the twentieth century.
'Excellent.' A.J.P. Taylor, Observer
'A lucid and revealing book' Geoffrey Moorhouse, Times
'The best biography [of Lord Reading] to have appeared so far.' Robert Blake, Evening Standard

 

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Contents

Member of Parliament and Kings Counsel 190410
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SolicitorGeneral 1910
AttorneyGeneral 191013
The Marconi Scandal 191213
Wartime Duties 191418
Ambassador to the United States 191819
Unwillingly Back to the Law 191921
Viceroy of India 19216
Elder Statesman 192631
Foreign Secretary 1931
Out But Not Down 19315
Bibliography
Index
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TitleLord Reading: Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860–1935
AuthorDenis Judd
PublisherFaber & Faber, 2013
ISBN0571300103, 9780571300105
Length334 pages
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