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Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (replica of an original of c.1922 by the artist)

Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

National Portrait Gallery, London

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

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Sir Frederick 'F. E.' Smith was Attorney-General and Director of Public Prosecutions when he took on the brief at the first hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court as Counsel for the Prosecution. Smith was Conservative Unionist MP for Liverpool Walton (1906–1918), and a supporter of the Protestant Ulster Unionists. His own political speeches were described by Winston Churchill as 'verbal treasons'. He had a seat in the Cabinet throughout the War, became Lord Chancellor (1919–1922) and Secretary of State for India (1924–1928) and was ennobled as the first Lord Birkenhead.

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Title

Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

Date

1932

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 132.1 x W 99.1 cm

Accession number

2552

Acquisition method

Given by Francis Howard, 1932

Work type

Painting

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Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley

1880–1952

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