John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey

The Right Honourable The Viscount Sankey GBE PC
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 7 June 1929 – 7 June 1935
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Succeeded by	The Viscount Hailsham
Personal details
Born	26 October 1866 (1866-10-26)
Died	6 February 1948 (1948-02-07) (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	Jesus College, Oxford

John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey, GBE, PC (26 October 1866 – 6 February 1948) was a British lawyer, judge, Labour politician and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, famous for many of his judgments in the House of Lords. He gave his name to the Sankey Declaration of the Rights of Man (1940).