Shawcross of Friston, Hartley William Shawcross, Baron
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British prosecutor (b. Feb. 4, 1902, Giessen, Ger.—d. July 10, 2003, Cowbeech, Sussex, Eng.), gained renown as the chief British prosecutor on the International Military Tribunal trying Nazi war criminals in Nürnberg, Ger., in 1945–46. As Britain's attorney general (1945–51), he conducted treason trials of notorious figures, including Klaus Fuchs, Alan Nunn May, and William Joyce, known as Lord Haw-Haw. Shawcross was knighted in 1945 and served in the House of Commons from 1945 until his retirement in 1958; he was made a life peer in 1959.
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Baron Shawcross — Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross (GBE, PC, KC) (* 4. Februar 1902 in Gießen; † 10. Juli 2003 Cowbeech, East Sussex) war Abgeordneter der britischen Labour Party, Justizminister und britischer Chefankläger bei den Nürnberger Prozessen.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hartley Shawcross — Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross (GBE, PC, KC) (* 4. Februar 1902 in Gießen; † 10. Juli 2003 Cowbeech, East Sussex) war Abgeordneter der britischen Labour Party, Justizminister und britischer Chefankläger bei den Nürnberger Prozessen.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
