George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave


George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG PC KC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under David Lloyd George from 1916 to 1919 and served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1928.

Cave was born in London, the son of Thomas Cave, Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Jasper Shallcrass. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, London and St Johns College, Oxford. After being called to the bar in 1880, he practised as a barrister for a number of years, being made Kings Counsel and recorder of Guildford in 1904.

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