David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
(1900-1967), Politician; Home Secretary and Lord High Chancellor, lawyer and judgeSitter in 18 portraits
Conservative politician and barrister. Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials; Home Secretary (1951-3); appointed Lord Chancellor in 1954, but sacked, together with six other cabinet members, in July 1962 during Macmillan's 'Night of the Long Knives'.
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Harold Knight
oil on canvas, circa 1954-1961
NPG 7055
This is a far, far better thing.... than I have ever done
by Neville Colvin ('Colvin')
pen and ink and Letratone, 1962
NPG 5350
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 27 September 1946
NPG x168742
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1951
NPG x90124
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 14 November 1951
NPG x100297
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 14 November 1951
NPG x100298
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 14 November 1951
NPG x100299
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
whole-plate glass negative, 14 November 1951
NPG x100300
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1954
NPG x90126
Winston Churchill giving his 80th birthday speech at Westminster Hall
by Jack Esten, for Reuters
bromide press print, 30 November 1954
NPG x199077
Winston Churchill and his cabinet of 1955
by International News Photos
vintage print, 1955
NPG x182304
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 5 March 1962
NPG x168743
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 1 December 1965
NPG x125943
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 September 1946
NPG x188278
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 27 September 1946
NPG x188279
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1951
NPG x89310
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1954
NPG x82391
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Walter Bird
vintage print, 1962
NPG x183921
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