Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster

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Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster (2 August 1869–28 June 1956) was a British barrister and civil servant.

He served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor for a remarkable 29 years between 1915 and 1944. A lifelong mountaineer in his spare time, he was elected President of the Ski Club of Great Britain, 1932-1934, and of the Alpine Club, 1938–1940. He was created Baron Schuster of Cerne in the County of Dorset in 1944 and this title became extinct on his death.

[edit] Publications

• Peaks and Pleasant Pastures, 1911
• Men, Women, and Mountains: Days in the Alps and Pyrenees, 1931
• Sweet Enemy, 1934
• Postscript to Adventure

[edit] Honours

• Knighted, 1913
• Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 1918
• King's Counsel, 1919
• Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, 1920
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1927
• 1st Baron Schuster, of Cerne, 1944

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Schuster 1944-1956	Succeeded by Extinct

[edit] References

• SCHUSTER, Claud Schuster, 1st Baron at Who was Who online (accessed 10 January 2008)