BRITISH EMPIRE: The Redoubtable F. E.

On August 24 Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Viscount Birkenhead and ex-Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, will lecture to the Institute of Politics at Williamstown, Mass. on Some World Problems Left by the Great War. Later he will address the American Bar Association at Minneapolis.

Lord Birkenhead's career has been at once brilliant, diverse, meteoric and successful. In his 52nd year, comparatively a young man as public servants go in Britain, he can point back to distinguished academic achievements, a rapid and dazzling ascent to...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!