Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett

William Norman Birkett, Kt, PC, QC was a British barrister, judge, politician and preacher. He was a Methodist preacher and a draper before attending Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1907, to study theology, history and law. Upon graduating in 1910 he worked as a secretary and was called to the Bar in 1913. A member of the Liberal Party, he sat...