Rt Hon. Sir Earl Viscount Frederick Edwin Smith PC GCSI KC
(1872-1930)
lawyer, statesman, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, King's Counsel, Privy Counsellor (from 1911), 1st Baronet Smith of Birkenhead (1918-1919), 1st Baron Birkenhead (1919-1921), 1st Viscount Birkenhead (1921-1922), 1st Earl of Birkenhead (from 1922), and 1st Viscount Furneaux (from 1922)
Died aged c. 58
Wikidata WikipediaFrederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, GCSI, PC, DL, KC (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), known as F. E. Smith, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living and drinking. He is perhaps best remembered today as Winston Churchill's greatest personal and political friend until Birkenhead's death aged 58 from pneumonia caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
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F. E. Smith Earl of Birkenhead 1872-1930 lawyer and statesman lived here
32 Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster, SW1, London, United Kingdom where they lived