Jonathan Sumption
✓ Source-basedrisingEnglish lawyer and judge
Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption,, is a British author, medieval historian, barrister and former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018 and on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal between 2019 and 2024.
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Success is admirable in a king, but failure is compelling and usually better recorded.
Chapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 4)
England, however, was endowed with a precociously advanced system of government which made its kings powerful beyond anything warranted by its comparatively modest resources.
Chapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (pp. 4-5)
It is one of the paradoxes of England’s medieval history that in spite of its strong central institutions it was known mainly for its chronic political instability.
Chapter 1, “Edward of Windsor” (p. 5)
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Paul KennedyAlso won Wolfson History Prize
David StarkeyAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Moses I. FinleyAlso won Wolfson History Prize
Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St AndrewsAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Antonia FraserAlso won Wolfson History Prize
Max HastingsAlso won Fellow of the Royal Historical SocietyAbout this person
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