John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner
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1859 – 1934
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Who was John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner?
John Andrew Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner, GCB, PC was a British lawyer and judge. He was appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice in 1909, a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1912 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1913. Created a life peer as Baron Sumner in 1913, he was further honoured when he was granted a hereditary peerage as Viscount Sumner in 1927.
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- Born
- Feb 3, 1859
Chorlton-on-Medlock - Spouses
- Education
- Balliol College
- Died
- May 24, 1934
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on July 23, 2013
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