Background
SHAWCROSS, Hartley William Shawcross was born on February 4, 1902 in Giessen, Germany. Son of John and Hilda Shawcross.
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Hartley William Shawcross SHAWCROSS
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Hartley William Shawcross SHAWCROSS, jurist, politician and businessman. Monckton Commission 1959-1960 (resigned); Court of London University until 1978; Institute Committee of Jurists, Board of Trustees, American University of Beirut until 1975, Council of Institute Chambers of Commerce; New York and American Bar Associations.
Education
Dulwich College, and abroad.
Career
Lecturer Liverpool University 1927-1934. Deputy Regional Commander South.E. Region 1941. Regional Commander North.W. Region 45.
Chairman Catering Wages Commission 45.
Assistant Chairman East. Sussex Quarter Sessions 1941. Labour Member of Parliament for Saint Helens 1945-1958.
Attorney-General 1945-1951. President Board of Trade April-November 1951.
Judge of Institute Court of Arbitration, The Hague.
Chairman Royd Commission, on the Press 1961-1962. Chairman British Medical Research Council 1962-1965. Chairman "Justice" (British branch of Institute Commission, of Jurists) 1956-1973.
Chief Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials 1945-1946.
United Kingdom delegation United Nations 1945-1949. Withdrew from Labour Party 1958, joined Social Democratic Party 1983.
President Rainer Foundation until 1972. Chairman Institute Chamber of Commerce Special Commission, of Eminent Persons on Ethical Practices.
Chairman Dominion Lincoln Assurance Company Limited., Thames Television Company Limited.
1969-1974, Upjohn and Company Limited. to 1977, City of London Panel on Takeovers and Mergers 1969-1980, Press Council 1974-1978, London and Continental Bankers 80. Director Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited. until 1973, Electric and Music Industries Limited. until 1980, European Enterprises Development Company South America (Luxembourg), Times Newspapers Limited. 1967-1974, Ranks, Hovis Macdougall Limited. until 1977 (consultant since 1977), Caffyns Limited.
(now Deputy Chairman), Morgan et Cie.
South America, Morgan et Cie. International South America until 1976, The Observer since 1981. Special Adviser to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New New York
Executive Council, Pro-Chancellor 65, Chancellor 1965-1985.
Membership
Monckton Commission 1959-1960 (resigned). Court of London University until 1978. Institute Committee of Jurists, Board of Trustees, American University of Beirut until 1975, Council of Institute Chambers of Commerce.
New York and American Bar Associations.
Interests
Connections
Married Joan Winifred Mather (died in 1974).
