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...House of Lords for the debate. He sat on a step with his elbow on the throne seat, passing a fretful hand through his thinning hair. Lord Chief Justice Goddard declared Mr. Ede's action unconstitutional. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood leveled a stern, accusing finger at Lord Jowitt who, as Lord Chancellor, was Prime Minister Attlee's nominee in the House of Lords, and thundered...
Along with the Lord Chancellor (Viscount Jowitt) and Sir Stafford Cripps, Queen Elizabeth herself had attended the posh but chilly opening (there was a stokers' strike). The 68 oils and 76 water colors on exhibition brightened the gallery air and thawed most critics' reserve. "What other British artist of this generation," asked the Sunday Times, "could fill the Tate . . . without a hint of monotony?" Added the Spectator: "Perhaps the most consistently fine water colorist of the 20th Century...
...There is danger, too," warned the full-wigged Lord Chancellor, lantern-jawed Viscount Jowitt, "in too strict reliance on the words of the Prayer Book. . . . It seems to me that the essence of the view of Christian marriage is that any children born into a family should be brought up and nurtured in the Christian faith. That is 'not the same thing as saying that a marriage is not consummated unless children are procreated, or that procreation is the principal end of marriage...
...England's churchmen were in no joking mood. Last fortnight the Anglican diocesan bishops met privately with the Archbishop of Canterbury to consider whether Viscount Jowitt and the noble Lords had in truth rendered an un-Christian decision, and if so, what to do about...
Awarded to stately Viscount Jowitt, 62, Britain's periwigged Lord Chancellor: an honorary LL.D., by New York University's School...