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Herbert Cunliffe
Sir
Joseph Herbert
Cunliffe
, 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
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
.