and a legislator. With a crucial constitutional role connecting legislation and the practice of the law, the holders of the office since the late nineteenth century have successfully adapted it to modern conditions, with the result that the Lord Chancellor is now the Cabinet member primarily responsible for law reform. This new volume examines such issues and changes in six biographical studies of the Lord Chancellors who held office between 1940 and 1970. The author has used unpublished diaries and letters to give a full picture of the personal as well as the professional life of each Lord Chancellor. His investigation into the way in which six holders of the office discharged their functions over a period of thirty years will be of interest to historians and politicians as well as lawyers.