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Rufus Isaacs

Born: 10 October 1860, London

Died: 30 December 1935

Baron Reading - 9 January 1914

1st Viscount Reading - 29 June 1916

1st Viscount Erleigh - 20 December 1917

1st Earl of Reading - 20 December 1917

1st Marquess of Reading - 7 May 1926

Knighted - 9 June 1910

Member of Privy Council - 5 July 1911

husband of Alice Edith Cohen

Middle Temple (1887 -)

Lawyer

Solicitor General	6 March 1910	7 October 1910
Attorney General	7 October 1910	19 October 1913
Lord Chief Justice	21 October 1913	8 March 1921
Viceroy of India	2 April 1921	3 April 1926
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	25 August 1931	5 November 1931
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports	1934	1935

4 October 1900	Kensington North	Liberal Party	2,527	43.69
6 August 1904	Reading	Liberal Party	4,770	51.24
13 January 1906	Reading	Liberal Party	5,407	53.44
15 January 1910	Reading	Liberal Party	5,264	51.00
6 March 1910 Appointment of Rufus Isaacs as Solicitor-General
12 March 1910	Reading	Liberal Party	Unopposed
3 December 1910	Reading	Liberal Party	5,094	50.49
19 October 1913 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Rufus Isaacs as Lord Chief Justice of England - Lord Reading.