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Born in Aberdeen , he became the youngest King's Counsel in 250 years in 1934 and was elected to the House Of Commons in the Conservative interest in 1935 . Though Sir Hartley Shawcross was technically the British prosecutor at Nuremberg, the actual prosecution was done by Maxwell Fyfe. Maxwell Fyfe's cross-examination of Herman Goring is one of the most noted cross examinations in history. When Winston Churchill returned to power in 1951 , David Maxwell Fyfe became Home Secretary . In 1954 he was created Viscount Kilmuir and moved to the House Of Lords as Lord Chancellor . He continued in this office in the Governments of Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan until 1962, when he was abruptly replaced by Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller , the Attorney-General, who was made a Baron while Kilmuir was made '''Earl of Kilmuir''' and '''Baron Fyfe of Dornoch''' to cushion the blow of retirement, although it might have cushioned it more effectively had Kilmuir not learned of the changes listening on the radio. He married Sylvia Harrison ( 1904 - 1992 ) in 1925 and they had two daughters. His Brother-in-law was the Actor Sir Rex Harrison . When he died in 1967 , his titles, which could only pass to sons (though he had only daughters), became extinct. Maxwell Fyfe was on the traditionalist right of the party, particularly noted for his strong support for the retention of the Death Penalty . He was an effective media performer, often representing the Conservative Party on radio discussion programmes. In the valleys of South Wales he was nicknamed Dai Bananas. Styles
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