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'''Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (24 August 1905 – 18 June 1978) was a British lawyer, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]], and [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] in the first government of [[Harold Wilson]].
'''Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot''', [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (24 August 1905 – 18 June 1978) was a British lawyer, [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]], and [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] in the first government of [[Harold Wilson]].


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==Family and education==
==Biography==
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Born in [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], Foot was the eldest son of [[Isaac Foot]], who was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth law firm, Foot and Bowden. [[Isaac Foot]] was an active member of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] and was Liberal Member of Parliament for [[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]] in [[Cornwall]] between 1922 and 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935, and also a [[Lord Mayor]] of Plymouth. Isaac Foot married Dorothy Mary Elliston, who died in 1989.
Born in [[Plymouth]], [[Devon]], Foot was educated at [[Bembridge School]], a boys' [[independent school]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], where he was President of the [[Oxford Union]] in 1928.
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Foot was admitted to [[Gray's Inn]] on 19 November 1925 and called to degree of utter Barrister by Gray's Inn on 2 July 1930. He became a Master Bencher in 1952 and was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1954.<ref>Petition dated 27 April 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)</ref> He had been in active practice after having qualified a Barrister of England both in England and in several Commonwealth countries. He was called to the Bar or admitted as a solicitor or practitioner in the following countries such as [[Ghana]] (1948), [[Sri Lanka]] (1951), [[Northern Rhodesia]] (1956), [[Sierra Leone]] (1959), Supreme Court of India (as a Senior Advocate) (1960), [[Bahrain]] (1962) and [[Malaysia]] (1964). He also appeared regularly in the Courts of [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]], [[Nyasaland]] and [[Pakistan]]. In addition, he had been regularly engaged in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since 1945.<ref>Affidavit of Dingle Mackintosh Foot affirmed on 17 August 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)</ref>


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Dingle Foot was educated at [[Bembridge School]], a boys' [[independent school]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], and at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], where he was President of the [[Oxford Union]] in 1928. He had four brothers: [[Michael Foot|Michael]], a prominent figure in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1980 to 1983; [[John Foot, Baron Foot|John (Lord Foot)]], a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician; [[Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon|Hugh (Lord Caradon)]], Governor of [[Cyprus]] and British Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] and Christopher, a solicitor who joined the family firm. He also had two sisters. His nephew, Hugh's son, was the campaigning journalist [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]].
From [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] to [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] he was [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]].


==Law career==
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He was Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Minister of Economic Warfare|Ministry of Economic Warfare]] in [[Winston Churchill]]'s wartime coalition, and a member of the British delegation to [[San Francisco Conference]] in 1945. He visited Washington in June 1944, and secured an agreement with the [[US State Department]], the new [[War Refugee Board]] and the [[Foreign Economic Administration]] to supply 550 tons of aid parcels a month over a three-month period to 'unassimilated civilian internees' in war-zones in Europe.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zweig|first=Ronald W.|author-link=Ronald W. Zweig|date=1 September 1998|title=Feeding the Camps: Allied Blockade Policy And The Relief of Concentration Camps In Germany, 1944-1945|journal=[[The Historical Journal]]|volume=41|issue=3|pages=825–851|doi=10.1017/S0018246X98008012}}</ref> At the 1945 election he lost his seat to Labour.
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Foot was admitted to [[Gray's Inn]] on 19 November 1925 and called to the bar on 2 July 1930. He became a Master Bencher in 1952 and was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1954.<ref>Petition dated 27 April 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)</ref>{{primary source inline}} He had been in active practice after having qualified a Barrister of England both in England and in several Commonwealth countries.<ref name="time1978"/> He was called to the Bar or admitted as a solicitor or practitioner in [[Ghana]] (1948), [[Sri Lanka]] (1951), [[Northern Rhodesia]] (1956), [[Sierra Leone]] (1959), [[Supreme Court of India]] (as a Senior Advocate) (1960), [[Bahrain]] (1962) and [[Malaysia]] (1964). He also appeared regularly in the Courts of [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]], [[Nyasaland]] and [[Pakistan]]. In addition, he had been regularly engaged in the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] since 1945.<ref>Affidavit of Dingle Mackintosh Foot affirmed on 17 August 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)</ref>{{primary source inline}}


==Politics==
At the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]] Foot defended the formerly Liberal seat of [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]], following the defection of its member [[Tom Horabin]] to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in 1947, but he again lost, to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Harold Roper]]. He stood for the seat in 1951, losing again but by a narrower margin.<ref name = "ODNBDingle"/>
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From [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]] to [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]] Foot was [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]]. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Minister of Economic Warfare|Ministry of Economic Warfare]] in [[Winston Churchill]]'s wartime coalition, and a member of the British delegation to [[San Francisco Conference]] in 1945. He visited Washington in June 1944, and secured an agreement with the [[US State Department]], the new [[War Refugee Board]] and the [[Foreign Economic Administration]] to supply 550 tons of aid parcels a month over a three-month period to 'unassimilated civilian internees' in war-zones in Europe.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Zweig|first=Ronald W.|author-link=Ronald W. Zweig|date=1 September 1998|title=Feeding the Camps: Allied Blockade Policy And The Relief of Concentration Camps In Germany, 1944-1945|journal=[[The Historical Journal]]|volume=41|issue=3|pages=825–851|doi=10.1017/S0018246X98008012}}</ref> At the 1945 election he lost his seat to Labour.


Foot left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party in 1956. He was Labour MP for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]] from [[1957 Ipswich by-election|a 1957 by-election]] until [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]. Following his appointment as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]] in the first government of [[Harold Wilson]], he was [[knighted]] and made a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1964. He served in this post for almost 3 years, from 18 October 1964 until 24 August 1967, until he was replaced by [[Arthur Irvine]] following a major government reshuffle. In 1970 he was again defeated, this time by the Conservative candidate. His publications included ''Despotism in Disguise'' (1937) and ''British Political Crises'' (1976).
At the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]] Foot defended the formerly Liberal seat of [[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cornwall]], following the defection of its member [[Tom Horabin]] to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] in 1947, but he again lost, to the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Harold Roper]]. He stood for the seat in 1951, losing again but by a narrower margin.<ref name = "ODNBDingle"/> Foot left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party in 1956. He was Labour MP for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]] from [[1957 Ipswich by-election|a 1957 by-election]] until [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]. Following his appointment as [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor General]] in the first government of [[Harold Wilson]], he was [[knighted]] and made a [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Counsellor]] in 1964. He served in this post for almost 3 years, from 18 October 1964 until 24 August 1967, until he was replaced by [[Arthur Irvine]] following a major government reshuffle. In 1970 he was again defeated, this time by the Conservative candidate.


==Other work==
In the late 1940s and early 1950s Foot was often seen on [[BBC television]] as the moderator of the current affairs programme ''In the News''. Often appearing with him were [[Michael Foot]] and Sir [[Bob Boothby]].
In the late 1940s and early 1950s Foot was often seen on [[BBC television]] as the moderator of the current affairs programme ''In the News''. Often appearing with him were [[Michael Foot]] and Sir [[Bob Boothby]].
His publications included ''Despotism in Disguise'' (1937) and ''British Political Crises'' (1976).


==Death==
Foot died on 18 June 1978 in a hotel in [[Hong Kong]], after choking on a sandwich.<ref name="ODNBDingle">{{cite ODNB|id=31115|title=Foot, Sir Dingle Mackintosh|last=Ingham|first=Robert|year=2014}}</ref>
Foot died on 18 June 1978 in a hotel in [[Hong Kong]], after choking on a sandwich.<ref name="time1978">{{cite journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014122731/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946006,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-date=14 October 2010 |journal=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=3 July 1978 |title=Milestones |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946006,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ODNBDingle">{{cite ODNB|id=31115|title=Foot, Sir Dingle Mackintosh|last=Ingham|first=Robert|year=2014}}</ref>

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==Family==
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Foot was the eldest son of [[Isaac Foot]], who was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth law firm, Foot and Bowden. [[Isaac Foot]] was an active member of the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] and was Liberal Member of Parliament for [[Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)|Bodmin]] in [[Cornwall]] between 1922 and 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935, and also a [[Lord Mayor]] of Plymouth. He married Dorothy Mary Elliston who died in 1989. Their ashes are together in [[St Margaret's, Westminster]].

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Dingle Foot had four brothers: [[Michael Foot|Michael]], a prominent figure in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1980 to 1983; [[John Foot, Baron Foot|John (Lord Foot)]], a [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician; [[Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon|Hugh (Lord Caradon)]], Governor of [[Cyprus]] and British Ambassador to the [[United Nations]] and Christopher, a solicitor who joined the family firm. He also had two sisters. His nephew, Hugh's son, was the campaigning journalist [[Paul Foot (journalist)|Paul Foot]].

==Sources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021407/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946006,00.html?promoid=googlep ''Time'']


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 10:17, 1 May 2022

The Right Honourable
Sir Dingle Foot
QC
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
18 October 1964 – 24 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded bySir Peter Rawlinson
Succeeded bySir Arthur Irvine
Member of Parliament
for Ipswich
In office
25 October 1957 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byRichard Stokes
Succeeded byErnle Money
Member of Parliament
for Dundee
In office
27 October 1931 – 5 July 1945
Serving with Florence Horsbrugh
Preceded byEdwin Scrymgeour
Michael Marcus
Succeeded byThomas Cook
John Strachey
Personal details
Born(1905-08-24)24 August 1905
Plymouth, England
Died18 June 1978(1978-06-18) (aged 72)
British Hong Kong
Political partyLabour (After 1956)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal (Before 1956)
SpouseDorothy Mary Elliston
Parent(s)Isaac Foot
Eva Mackintosh
RelativesThe Lord Caradon (brother)
The Lord Foot (brother)
Michael Foot (brother)
Paul Foot (nephew)
Sarah Foot (niece)
Oliver Foot (nephew)
Alma materBalliol College Oxford

Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot, QC (24 August 1905 – 18 June 1978) was a British lawyer, Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament, and Solicitor General for England and Wales in the first government of Harold Wilson.

Family and education

Born in Plymouth, Devon, Foot was the eldest son of Isaac Foot, who was a solicitor and founder of the Plymouth law firm, Foot and Bowden. Isaac Foot was an active member of the Liberal Party and was Liberal Member of Parliament for Bodmin in Cornwall between 1922 and 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935, and also a Lord Mayor of Plymouth. Isaac Foot married Dorothy Mary Elliston, who died in 1989.

Dingle Foot was educated at Bembridge School, a boys' independent school on the Isle of Wight, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union in 1928. He had four brothers: Michael, a prominent figure in the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983; John (Lord Foot), a Liberal politician; Hugh (Lord Caradon), Governor of Cyprus and British Ambassador to the United Nations and Christopher, a solicitor who joined the family firm. He also had two sisters. His nephew, Hugh's son, was the campaigning journalist Paul Foot.

Law career

Foot was admitted to Gray's Inn on 19 November 1925 and called to the bar on 2 July 1930. He became a Master Bencher in 1952 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1954.[1][non-primary source needed] He had been in active practice after having qualified a Barrister of England both in England and in several Commonwealth countries.[2] He was called to the Bar or admitted as a solicitor or practitioner in Ghana (1948), Sri Lanka (1951), Northern Rhodesia (1956), Sierra Leone (1959), Supreme Court of India (as a Senior Advocate) (1960), Bahrain (1962) and Malaysia (1964). He also appeared regularly in the Courts of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland and Pakistan. In addition, he had been regularly engaged in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council since 1945.[3][non-primary source needed]

Politics

From 1931 to 1945 Foot was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, and a member of the British delegation to San Francisco Conference in 1945. He visited Washington in June 1944, and secured an agreement with the US State Department, the new War Refugee Board and the Foreign Economic Administration to supply 550 tons of aid parcels a month over a three-month period to 'unassimilated civilian internees' in war-zones in Europe.[4] At the 1945 election he lost his seat to Labour.

At the 1950 general election Foot defended the formerly Liberal seat of North Cornwall, following the defection of its member Tom Horabin to Labour in 1947, but he again lost, to the Conservative Harold Roper. He stood for the seat in 1951, losing again but by a narrower margin.[5] Foot left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party in 1956. He was Labour MP for Ipswich from a 1957 by-election until 1970. Following his appointment as Solicitor General in the first government of Harold Wilson, he was knighted and made a Privy Counsellor in 1964. He served in this post for almost 3 years, from 18 October 1964 until 24 August 1967, until he was replaced by Arthur Irvine following a major government reshuffle. In 1970 he was again defeated, this time by the Conservative candidate.

Other work

In the late 1940s and early 1950s Foot was often seen on BBC television as the moderator of the current affairs programme In the News. Often appearing with him were Michael Foot and Sir Bob Boothby. His publications included Despotism in Disguise (1937) and British Political Crises (1976).

Death

Foot died on 18 June 1978 in a hotel in Hong Kong, after choking on a sandwich.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ Petition dated 27 April 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)
  2. ^ a b "Milestones". Time. 3 July 1978. Archived from the original on 14 October 2010.
  3. ^ Affidavit of Dingle Mackintosh Foot affirmed on 17 August 1964 (Kuala Lumpur High Court Admission and Enrollment of Advocate & Solicitors No. 22 of 1964)
  4. ^ Zweig, Ronald W. (1 September 1998). "Feeding the Camps: Allied Blockade Policy And The Relief of Concentration Camps In Germany, 1944-1945". The Historical Journal. 41 (3): 825–851. doi:10.1017/S0018246X98008012.
  5. ^ a b Ingham, Robert (2014). "Foot, Sir Dingle Mackintosh". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31115. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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