 Product code: 91133
Materials: Card, with coloured tassle
Dimensions: 6
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| | A bookmark bearing a picture of the great QC, Sir Edward Marshall Hall, and underneath it an appraisal from Norman Birkett, as follows:"He brought with him a strange magnetic quality that made itself felt in every part of the court. The spectators stirred with excitement and a faint murmur ran from floor to gallery. When he addressed the judge, it was seen that to his great good looks there had been added perhaps the greatest gift of all in the armoury of an advocate - a most beautiful speaking voice."Born in Brighton in 1858, Sir Edward Marshall Hall grew up to become one the most successful barristers of his day. F E Smith (later the Earl of Birkenhead), Rufus Isaacs (later the Marquess of Reading) and Edward (later Sir Edward) Carson were all practising at the same time and they formed a spectacular quartet of legal brilliance, very often opposing one another. Marshall-Hall was probably the most dramatic of them in court, achieving such a good reputation acting on behalf of notorious alleged murderers, that he was known as The Great Defender. Appointed King's Counsel, he built up a flourishing and successful law practice and entered Parliament as a Unionist but suffered a decline in his fortunes in later life. There is a plaque to him on his house in Old Steine. Marshall-Hall was a model for many later criminal barristers, notably Lord Birkett. | | Price: £0.85 | | In stock, usually dispatched within 24 hours | | Show price in:    | |
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