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Hartley William Shawcross

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Hartley Shawcross

Born: 4 February 1902, Geissen, Germany

Died: 10 July 2003

Peerages

Baron Shawcross - 14 February 1959

Knighted - 1945

Member of Privy Council - 1946

husband of Joan Winifred Mather

husband of Rosita Alberta Shyvers

brother of Christopher Nyholm Shawcross

son of Hilda Shawcross

son of John Shawcross

husband of Monique Huiskamp

grandfather of Eleanor Joan Georgina Shawcross

Education

Dulwich College

Geneva University

Gray's Inn, London   (1925 -)

Barrister

Appointments

Elections fought

5 July 1945		St Helens	Labour Party	34,675	66.22
23 February 1950		St Helens	Labour Party	39,514	63.20
25 October 1951		St Helens	Labour Party	37,688	63.32
26 May 1955		St Helens	Labour Party	35,737	64.29
1 April 1958 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Hartley Shawcross.