Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster

rdf:langString Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster

rdf:langString The Lord Schuster

rdf:langString The Lord Schuster

rdf:langString Charing Cross Hospital, London, England

rdf:langString Manchester, England

rdf:langString Dexter a lion Ermine; sinister a pegasus Or; each gorged with a collar flory counter-flory Gules.

rdf:langString Christopher Schuser

rdf:langString Elizabeth Schuster

rdf:langString Levavi Oculos

rdf:langString British

rdf:langString Barrister, Civil Servant

rdf:langString Mabel Elizabeth Merry

rdf:langString Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department

rdf:langString Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster, GCB, CVO, QC (22 August 1869 – 28 June 1956) was a British barrister and civil servant noted for his long tenure as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office. Born to a Mancunian business family, Schuster was educated at St. George's School, Ascot and Winchester College before matriculating at New College, Oxford in 1888 to read history. After graduation, he joined the Inner Temple with the aim of becoming a barrister, and was called to the Bar in 1895. Practising in Liverpool, Schuster was not noted as a particularly successful barrister, and he joined Her Majesty's Civil Service in 1899 as secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Local Government Act Commission. After serving as secretary to several more commissions, he was made Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office in 1915. Schuster served in this position for 29 years under ten different Lord Chancellors, and with the contacts obtained thanks to his long tenure and his work outside the Office he became "one of the most influential Permanent Secretaries of the 20th century". His influence over decisions within the Lord Chancellor's Office and greater Civil Service led to criticism and suspicions that he was a "power behind the throne", which culminated in a verbal attack by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Hewart in 1934 during a session of the House of Lords. Schuster retired in 1944 and was elevated to the peerage. Despite being officially retired he continued to work in government circles, such as with the Allied Commission for Austria and by using his seat in the House of Lords as a way to directly criticise legislation.

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rdf:langString Ermine a lion passant Or on a chief Gules a portcullis chained between two hearts also Or.

rdf:langString Arthur Schuster