Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham

Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham, PC (20 October 1866 23 March 1958) was a British barrister and judge who was Lord Chancellor from March 1938 until September 1939.

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Maugham
PC
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office
9 March 1938  3 September 1939
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byThe Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded byThe Viscount Caldecote
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
7 October 1935  23 March 1958
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Maugham
Personal details
Born(1866-10-20)20 October 1866
Paris, France
Died23 March 1958(1958-03-23) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Helen Romer
(m. 1896; died 1950)
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge
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