UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 23 February 1856, London

Died: 29 March 1928

1st Viscount Cave - 14 November 1918

1st Earl Cave - 29 March 1928

Knighted - 1915

Member of Privy Council - 16 June 1915

husband of

Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood

St John's College, Oxford

Solicitor General	8 November 1915	10 December 1916
Secretary of State for the Home Department	11 December 1916	14 January 1919
Lord Chancellor	25 October 1922	23 January 1924
Lord Chancellor	7 November 1924	27 March 1928

22 January 1906	Kingston	Conservative Party	7,656	53.56
19 January 1910	Kingston	Conservative Party	10,918	65.25
5 December 1910	Kingston	Conservative Party	Unopposed
8 November 1915 Resignation of Rt Hon George Cave on appointment as Solicitor-General.
16 November 1915	Kingston	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed
14 November 1918 Elevation of Rt Hon George Cave to the Peerage - Viscount Cave - on his appointment as a Lord of Appeal.