William Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens, KBE, PC, QC was a British lawyer, judge and Conservative politician. He served as Chief Justice of India from 1943 to 1947.
Spens in 1950
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Ashford is a constituency in Kent created in 1885 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Sojan Joseph of the Labour Party.
Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens
…a lawyer and became a King's Counsel (KC) in 1925. He unsuccessfully contested St Pancras South West in the 1929 general election, but was elected for Ashford in 1933. In 1943 Spens was unexpectedly appointed Chief Justice of India. He retained this post until 1947. He served from 1947 to 1948 as chairman of…
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