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............................................................................................................................DescriptionLord Radcliffe was one of ‘The Great’, that is he was chairman of many Royal Commissions and Inquiries. Sir Norman Brook, the Secretary of the Cabinet, advised the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, to reserve Radcliffe for the most complex and demanding inquiries. He was an extraordinary public servant, a great lawyer and an exceptional administrator. He was promoted directly from the Bar to a Lord of Appeal in the House of Lords and during the war was Director General of the Ministry of Information. His activity ranged from dividing India to being Chairman of the committee which chose the films for the Royal Command Performance. He was a friend and adviser of Calouste Gulbenkian, a collector of French Impressionist paintings and a Reith lecturer for the B.B.C.Professor Peter Hennessy has described him in 'The Eternal Fireman1 the man to whom Governments turned to put out the flames.............................................................................................................................ContentsChapter 1. Early Days 1899-1924Chapter 2. The Bar 1924-1939 and 1945-1949Chapter 3. The Ministry of Information 1939-1945Chapter 4. The Partition of India 1947Chapter 5. Broadcasting and FilmsChapter 6. Law Lord 1949-1964Chapter 7. The Problem of Power 1951Chapter 8. Taxation of Profits and Income 1952-1955Chapter 9. Gulbenkian 1955Chapter 10. The Cyprus Commission 1956Chapter 11. The Monetary System 1957-1959Chapter 12. Security in the Public Service 1961-1967Chapter 13. Education and the ArtsChapter 14. Government by Contempt 1967............................................................................................................................Author DetailsEdmund Heward retired in 1985 as Chief Master of the Supreme Court (Chancery Division). Among his publications are those judicial biographies; of Sir Matthew Hale, the most learned Judge in the 17th century (1972); of Lord Mansfield, the greatest Judge in the 18th century (1979); and of Lord Denning in pursuit of justice in the 20th century (1990).............................................................................................................................
