Back روفوس ايساكس ARZ Rufus Daniel Isaacs Catalan Rufus Isaacs Czech Rufus Isaacs, 1. Marquess of Reading German Rufus Isaacs Spanish روفوس آیزکس Persian Rufus Isaacs Reading Finnish Rufus Isaacs (1er marquis de Reading) French רופוס דניאל אייזקס, המרקיז הראשון מרדינג HE Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading ID
The Marquess of Reading | |
|---|---|
 Reading in 1917 | |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 25 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Lord Parmoor |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 25 August 1931 – 5 November 1931 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | Arthur Henderson |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
| In office 2 April 1921 – 3 April 1926 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Halifax |
| Lord Chief Justice of England | |
| In office 21 October 1913 – 8 March 1921 | |
| Appointed by | George V |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Alverstone |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Trevethin |
| Attorney-General for England | |
| In office 7 October 1910 – 19 October 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir William Robson |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Solicitor-General for England | |
| In office 6 March 1910 – 7 October 1910 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Samuel Evans |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Simon |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 9 January 1914 – 30 December 1935 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Marquess of Reading |
| Member of Parliament for Reading | |
| In office 6 August 1904 – 19 October 1913 | |
| Preceded by | George William Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Orme Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rufus Daniel Isaacs 10 October 1860 Tower Hamlets, London, England |
| Died | 30 December 1935 (aged 75) Mayfair, London, England |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading |
| Education | University College School |
| Profession | Lawyer, jurist, politician |
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC (10 October 1860 – 30 December 1935), known as The Earl of Reading from 1917 to 1926, was a British Liberal politician and judge, who served as Lord Chief Justice of England,[1] Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary, the last Liberal to hold that post. The second practising Jew to be a member of the British cabinet (the first being Herbert Samuel,[2] who was also a member of H. H. Asquith's government), Isaacs was the first Jew to be Lord Chief Justice, and the first, and as yet, only British Jew to be raised to a marquessate.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 255.
- ^ Although Samuel's religious views were generally considered to be atheist, he remained an observant Jew to please his wife: see Wasserstein, Bernard (2004). "Samuel, Herbert Louis". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35928. Retrieved 22 March 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Isaacs could be considered the first believing Jew to be a member of the Cabinet.
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