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elizabeth ii 27 january 1967 29 may 1900 scottish , british 29 may 1900 13 25 may 1945 july 1962 19 october 1954 26 july 1945 balliol college , oxford withyham , sussex , england , uk 220px lord general for england and wales solicitor general for england and high wales chancellor of great britain home secretary attorney 18 march 1942 october 1954 27 october 1951 25 may 4 sylvia harrison -lrb- d. 1992 -rrb- david maxwell fyfe.jpg the earl of kilmuir the robes earl of kilmuir in the lord chancellor 's the sir william jowitt lord simonds james chuter ede sir donald somervell edinburgh , scotland , uk conservative the sir walter monckton lord dilhorne gwilym lloyd george sir hartley shawcross winston churchill winston churchill churchill anthony eden harold macmillan winston churchill winston david maxwell fyfe , 1st earl of kilmuir

david maxwell fyfe , 1st earl of kilmuir

david patrick maxwell fyfe , 1st earl of kilmuir , gcvo , pc , qc -lrb- 29 may 1900 -- 27 january 1967 -rrb- , known as sir david maxwell fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as the viscount kilmuir from 1954 to 1962 , was a british conservative politician , lawyer and judge who combined an industrious and precocious legal career with political ambitions that took him to the offices of solicitor general , attorney general , home secretary and lord high chancellor of great britain one of the prosecutors at the nuremberg trials , he was instrumental in drafting the european convention on human rights .
however , he was also a controversial home secretary who refused clemency to commute derek bentley 's highly controversial death sentence .
his political ambitions were ultimately dashed in harold macmillan 's cabinet reshuffle of july 1962 .
