David Maxwell Fyfe was born in Aberdeen
in 1900. Educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
and Ballioli College, Oxford.
Maxwell
Fyfe worked as a lawyer and in 1934 became Britain's youngest KC since
the 16th century. A member of the Conservative
Party, he was elected to the House of Commons
in 1935.
In
1942 Winston Churchill appointed Maxwell
Fyfe as Solicitor General and was deputy chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg
Trials.
Maxwell
Fyfe lost office in 1945 but returned as home secretary (1951-54)
and Lord Chancellor (1954-1962).
David
Maxwell Fyfe, Lord
Kilmuir, Earl Fyfe of Dornoch, died in 1967.
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