David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

thumb|David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, GCVO, PC (29 May 1900 – 27 January 1967), known as Sir David Maxwell Fyfe from 1942 to 1954 and as Viscount Kilmuir from 1954 to 1962, was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who combined an industrious and precocious legal career with political ambitions that took him to the offices of Solicitor General, Attorney General, Home Secretary and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. One of the prosecuting counsels at the Nuremberg Trials, he subsequently played a role in drafting the European Convention on Human Rights. Quotes Loyalty is the Tory’s secret weapon. Quoted in Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain (1962), ch. 6 External links Category:Conservative Party (UK) politicians Category:1900 births Category:1967 deaths Category:Politicians from Scotland Category:People from Edinburgh Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:Anglicans from the United Kingdom Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:Government ministers of the United Kingdom Category:Lawyers from Scotland Category:Judges from Scotland Category:Home Secretaries (UK) Category:Lord Chancellors (United Kingdom)