Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster

Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster GCB CVO KC was a British barrister and civil servant noted for his long tenure as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellors Office. Born to a Mancunian business family, Schuster was educated at St. Georges School, Ascot and Winchester College before matriculating at New College, Oxford in 1888 to study history. After graduation he joined the Inner Temple with the aim of becoming a barrister, and was called to the Bar in 1895. Practising in Liverpool, Schuster was not noted as a particularly successful barrister, and he joined Her Majestys Civil Service in 1899 as secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Local Government Act Commission.

Schuster was born onAugust 1869 to Frederick Schuster, a manager of the Manchester firm of merchants Schuster, Fulder and Company, and his wife Sophia Wood, the daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. The family described themselves as Unitarian but were descended from Jews who had converted to Christianity in the mid1850s and included other notable people such as Sir Arthur Schuster, Sir Felix Schuster, and later Sir George Schuster. From the age of seven he was educated at St. Georges School, Ascot, one of the most expensive preparatory schools in the country but one known for harsh treatment it was standard for the headmaster to flog pupils until they bled and force other students and staff to listen to their screams. During the school holidays he accompanied his father to Switzerland, where he developed a lifelong love of mountaineering and skiing. He was president of the Alpine Club from 1938 to 1940.

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