Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe, (1 July 1867 – 9 April 1963) was a British barrister and

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politician. Cunliffe was called to the bar in 1896 and took silk in 1912. He was a

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(MP) for

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...

, a two-member constituency, from 1923 to 1929. He was

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from 1921 to 1946. From 1932 to 1946 he was Chairman of the

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. He was appointed a

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in the

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List. In 1946 he was appointed KBE.

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