George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave

George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG KC PC ( born February 23, 1856 in London, † March 29 1928 in Burnham -on-Sea, Somerset ) was a British lawyer and politician.

Life

Cave was born as the son of the Liberal politician Thomas Cave and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Shallcrass. He attended Merchant Taylors ' School in Nothwodd and St John 's College, Oxford. In 1880 he was appointed attorney, as such, he worked for several years and in 1904 was appointed Attorney-General.

In 1906 he was elected to the House of Commons and in 1908 appointed a member of the Royal Commission for land acquisition. When he was two years of constant advisor to the University of Oxford as well as general of the Prince of Wales, he was appointed Solicitor General in 1915 and knighted. In the following year he was under David Lloyd George for three years, Interior Minister of the United Kingdom.

1918 was elevated to Viscount Cave George Cave of Richmond in the County of Surrey. After he had become Lord of Appeal in 1919, he was for several years on various commissions before he became Lord Chancellor in 1922. He held with a break in the years 1924 to 1928 this office. In addition, he was elected in 1925 to the Chancellor of Oxford University.

Family

Cave married in 1885 Anne Estella Sarah Penfold Mathews, daughter of William Whitney Mathews and sister of Sir Lloyd Mathews. The marriage remained childless. On the day of his death, his resignation was accepted as Lord Chancellor and he should be charged to the Earl. For this reason, his widow to the Countess Cave of Richmond was charged.