William Robson, Baron Robson
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William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson, was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons twice between 1885 and 1910.
William Robson c1895
William Robson c1905
"The Solicitor General" Robson as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, January 1906
His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the Sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales, and is the most senior law officer of the UK
William Robson, Baron Robson
…until 1910. He was the Solicitor General from 1905 to 1908. Upon his appointment, he was knighted the same year. In 1908, he was promoted to be the Attorney General from 1908 to 1910. On 19 July 1910, he was sworn of the Privy Council. On 12 October 1910, Robson was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and a life peer…
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