LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1886, 21 October 1913, Page 7

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND.

V —— SIR RTJFUS ISAACS APPOINTED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, October 19. It is officially stated that Lord Alvertone (who. has just resigned tho Lord Chief Justiceship of England) has boon created a Viscount, that Sir Rufus Isaacs (Attorney-General) has been appointed Lord Chief Justice, Sir John Simon (Solicitor-General) AttomeyGenoral, and Mr. Stanley Buckmastcr, K.O. (M.P. for tho Keighley. Division of Yorks) Solicitor-Goneral. Sir Rufus Daniel Isaacs, K.C., who took his seat for Heading at a by-election in 1901, and has represented that constituency ever since, has long been recognised as one of, tho "coming men." in the Liberal party, which is uncommonly well supplied with able lawyers. At tho Bar, iroin the moment when ho took silk, in 1893, ho jumped into a foremost placo in tho rallies of leading ■ counsel. Armed with a. keen, witty manner, ho is a. notable crossexaminer, and in. tho eyes of the public ho holds tiie placo once occupied, by Charles Russell. Ho pursued his successful career in Parliament, being mado Solicitor-General in March, 1910, and Attorney in the following Octobor. Before being called to the Bar in 1887, ho had been on tho Stock Exchango, and his experience in that region has mado liini peculiarly efficient in doaling with commercial cases. Resourceful, keen, witty, and tactful : in debate, Sir Rufus Isaacs rose rapidly in tho esteem of tho Liberal party and of the House of Commons generally. No surprise, consequently, was felt when, in October, 1910, ho was appointed Solicitor-Genonal, in succession to Sir Samuel Evans, tho. President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court, nor when, shortly afterwards, on tho promotion of tho Attorney-General—tho present I.ord, Robson—to be a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Sir Rufus Isaacs was choscn to be Attorney-General: Sir John Simon was one of the counsel retained by the British Government in connection with tho Alaska Boundary Commission. Ho took tho silk in 19G6, and in t(io same year entored the House of Commons—his first election contest. He mode no distinctive mark as a debater, but in years, at tho age of 37, he was appointed Solicitor-General, and' knighted. Ho was one of tho six Oxford anon who collaborated in "Essays in Liberalism," published in 1897. Mr. Stanley Owen Buckmastor, K.C., has represented the Keighley Division of Yorkshire sinco 1911, and formerly represented Cambridgo (190G-1910).